Re: [Dev-C++] random string

You could use a UUID - it is guaranteed to be unique even if multiple
computers connect and insert at the same time.

However, a lot of databases can generate your ID (or at least a
sequential numeric value) themselves.

/Per W

On Tue, 31 Aug 2004, kractor wrote:

> greetings, i'm pretty much completely new to C++ programming so i'll
> apologize in advance if this is a silly question ...
>
> working on a small app for myself, and a portion of that app requires
> the generation of an "id" string that will be used in a database lookup
> table. i've been trying to think of how this might best be handled, and
> the idea that seems to make the most sense so far is to have the program
> generate a "random" string of alpha-numeric characters.
>
> was wondering if anyone might be able to point me towards any
> documentation that might help me with this, or had any better ideas /
> advice they could give ... would be greatly appreciated.
>
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