Robert.
On Wednesday, July 16, 2003, at 06:34 PM, Ben Johansen wrote:
I don’t think the userref is stored as hex Number, but of of course, when I look at my sample, there is no letter over F,
I think it is an Alphanumeric code and is not in HEX code?
If I am wrong sobeit ;-)
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I will look in my archives, I know this hex to dec issue has been asked and answered
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-----Original Message-----
From:Atrix Wolfe[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 4:19 PM
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Subject: Re: Witango-Talk: User Reference
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Hmm, so i guess maybe some parts are more likely to be unique than other parts.
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Thanks for the info Ben...
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oh wait, do you know if theres a way in witango to convert from hex to decimal and back?? I only wanted to store the first 5 digits to save on space but storing it as a number instead of text would save alot of space too i bet.
----- Original Message -----
From:Ben Johansen
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Subject:RE: Witango-Talk: User Reference
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Userreference is assigned server side.
I don’t know what all goes into creating it, but I know time is a factor, and it is possible that the first few chars are base on Hour and Min. and it possible to have that time combo come up as a start to the userref multiple times during the day.
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Using the first portion of user ref and not the whole will not necessarily be unique. You need to use the whole userref to guarantee uniqueness.
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Either that or someone bookmarked a page with it in and sent it to someone else as a link and that someone else accessed that page prior to timeout ?
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-----Original Message-----
From: Atrix Wolfe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 3:57 PM
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Subject: Witango-Talk: User Reference
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Hello everyone,
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I posted this but it didnt apear so im reposting, sorry if it shows up twice!
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When users log in we put some information in the database about them, including the first 5 digits of the user reference number so we can match it up in the log with user reference numbers easier.
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We had a user log in on 6/30 with first 5 user ref digits of 5353C, then they logged in on 7/8 with DE1C4, and again on 7/9 with 5353C again (all from same IP).
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I was wondering if it was likely that he got the same first 5 digits (or maybe all digits?)?of a user reference number the same over a short period of time or maybe its an indiciation of something wrong?? I dont know if user references are generated client side or server side so i thought id ask and see if this was anything to worry about.
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Thanks!
Atrix
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