Re: How do I get this query to work?
- From: Gene Wirchenko <genew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 14:08:50 -0700
On 14 Jul 2005 12:14:10 -0700, "Ed Prochak"
<ed.prochak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
[snip]
>But for other things, ID fields are often used just like record numbers
>for other entities in the databse. Look at some of the questions asked
>of the DB. If they aren't used that way, why not have an auto ID
>generator use a sequence of random numbers? would you object to that?
>Why?
It takes longer to generate a number since it can not be presumed
that the ID number is not already in use. With an ordering, that can
be assumed (though I think it not a good idea).
Sincerely,
Gene Wirchenko
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