Re: [cart] how is it generated

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2002


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 41455
interpreted = N
texte = >It is a guaranteed unique number, largely based on the number of seconds since the epoch (Jan 1, 1970). The rest is black magic that probably only Grant knows for sure...It is the epoch as you said, with an ever-increasing integer concatenated onto the end to guarantee per-machine uniqueness. It is to be thought of as a string, not a number. -- ______________________________________________________________________________ Grant Hulbert | Internet Software Inventor | http://www.hulbertfamily.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://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: [cart] how is it generated (Marc Kaiwi 2002)
  2. Re: [cart] how is it generated (Alisha Outridge 2002)
  3. Re: [cart] how is it generated (Grant Hulbert 2002)
  4. Re: [cart] how is it generated (John Peacock 2002)
  5. [cart] how is it generated (Arturo Vargas 2002)
>It is a guaranteed unique number, largely based on the number of seconds since the epoch (Jan 1, 1970). The rest is black magic that probably only Grant knows for sure...It is the epoch as you said, with an ever-increasing integer concatenated onto the end to guarantee per-machine uniqueness. It is to be thought of as a string, not a number. -- ______________________________________________________________________________ Grant Hulbert | Internet Software Inventor | http://www.hulbertfamily.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://search.smithmicro.com/ Grant Hulbert

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