ase something goes wrong, and I like the
first solution better. I looked at the format of UUID in the MySQL
documentation ... not all that human-friendly.
In all the database code I've written (admittedly, all on a single server),
I've always had a function (written in PHP) that returns se
Hi All,
I'm designing a database where it is required for each row in a table to
have a unique identifier accross a bunch of running MySQL servers on a
network.
I'm considering two options:
1. Have a two-column primary key, where the first column is a normal
auto incremented ID field, the
March 21, 2001 12:55 PM
Subject: unique identifiers
> I have been trying to think of naturally occuring unique identifiers that
> people might use on the internet.
> I think that e-mail addresses would be a unique way to indentify an
> individual.
> Only one e-mail can exist per
I have been trying to think of naturally occuring unique identifiers that
people might use on the internet.
I think that e-mail addresses would be a unique way to indentify an
individual.
Only one e-mail can exist per person. Although an email address could change
owners for the most part, each e
