Re: unique ascending numbers
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2003
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 50195
interpreted = N
texte = I would guess that multiple cart numbers generated in the same epoc second are not necessarily ascending due to the random (not ascending) characters appended. Also, if one-per-second granularity is sufficient then why not use seconds since the epoc instead of the cart number? Another suggestion is to have a database with a single item (or create a new entry in prefs.db): the next available item number. (Be sure to lock the database file between retieval and update!)-Chris-----Original Message----- From: Joe D'Andrea [mailto:JoeDan@West21.com] Sent: Friday, May 09, 2003 2:12 PM To: WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.com Subject: Re: unique ascending numbers At 11:04 AM 5/9/03, Marc Kaiwi wrote: >...Yeah [cart] would be the perfect tool but I still need the >ascending set of numbers. Just out of curiosity I swear I thought >that [cart] used to produce an ever increasing number ...???Stop thinking of [cart] as a number. It sure do look like a number to you and me... but it ain't no number. It is unique and it is ascending, but it's not a number.~joe-- ____________________________________________________________ Joseph D'Andrea ~ http://www.west21.com/ ~ JoeDan@West21.com WEST21.com Internet services for the 21st Century webhosting ~ co-location ~ wireless access WebCat and MGI database programming ____________________________________________________________------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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I would guess that multiple cart numbers generated in the same epoc second are not necessarily ascending due to the random (not ascending) characters appended. Also, if one-per-second granularity is sufficient then why not use seconds since the epoc instead of the cart number? Another suggestion is to have a database with a single item (or create a new entry in prefs.db): the next available item number. (Be sure to lock the database file between retieval and update!)-Chris-----Original Message----- From: Joe D'Andrea [mailto:JoeDan@West21.com] Sent: Friday, May 09, 2003 2:12 PM To: WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.com Subject: Re: unique ascending numbers At 11:04 AM 5/9/03, Marc Kaiwi wrote: >...Yeah [cart] would be the perfect tool but I still need the >ascending set of numbers. Just out of curiosity I swear I thought >that [cart] used to produce an ever increasing number ...???Stop thinking of [cart] as a number. It sure do look like a number to you and me... but it ain't no number. It is unique and it is ascending, but it's not a number.~joe-- ____________________________________________________________ Joseph D'Andrea ~ http://www.west21.com/ ~ JoeDan@West21.com WEST21.com Internet services for the 21st Century webhosting ~ co-location ~ wireless access WebCat and MGI database programming ____________________________________________________________------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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