I need to auto generate a guaranteed to be unique number or string to be used something like this in a partial view <div id=<%=unique_div_id%>>
I thought of using time.now but that only goes to seconds. I have tried rand(time.now) but that does not guarantee a nique ID. There would be more than one partial created within any given second hence the need for time in milliseconds. It doesn't have to be a time function it can be anything so long as it is fast, minimal memory footprint and can be stored in a variable for use with a link_to_function that will toggle the visibility of the div. I thought that this would be such a simple thing to do but I have been tearing my hair out over this for days and I need a solution real fast. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated James -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
