Re: Random numbers continued

[Bill Downall]

On Mon, 23 Apr 2001 17:25:43 -0400, Bob Powell wrote:

>She feels however that random generating a 
>unique id number is a better way to go although I am hard 
>pressed to have her explain to me why.  So I just wanted to
>know if someone had done something I have never been able 
>to do.

I would guess that in graduate school, she learned that randomly 
assigned unique ids lead to a more balanced b-tree index than sequential 
ones, and thus a faster mean retrieval time. I agree with you. She's too 
strong in theory, not strong enough in practicality.