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Instead of using time to generate your unique ids how about a derivative of rand()? Such as:

use strict; use constant id_length => 128; foreach (0..3) { printf "%s\n",genUniqueID(); } exit(0); sub genUniqueID { my @alpha=('A'..'Z','a'..'z','0'..'9'); my $buffer=""; foreach (1.. id_length) { $buffer = $buffer . $alpha[rand($#alpha+1)]; } return $buffer; } __END__
A sample run produces:
--$ perl unique_id.pl vNJaCW91KaRqtGuVKffRY1ufjOWN8O09h8C2QL28mdNWoR +fuLVBawYxWuDLC6L2q2LYPoyyiit6L7jb9OYP3ZbU4Jdf9A1pQMwOBppsEpVEg5HdCijL +GlvPSMDe14ANL 8W6voRR5r1B2zai2aUEYRfC2tXtJKoI1jU0J9gWP7hXdrMV8oQ6qTbQa3B9U6ebc99eOM8 +TeNacHwUuvFmakIYCWqIfrwjwE01bhxhGcfHKJOcbapt6fRWqhoalTzutb GDqdFLUCWe1pichxfUFdQybLLmzsFjdFC2baq7Ec12ftGp6sckbvKrbeGmdt5wj7HYuQ5B +nOJQB5eGERsWiMolfHm4f7xYFf6UVfENLhyEn2CNOp55Wh1sajtq6ZOV3T I4V3YVHak0pKAwN0V4rLdvAXFRqz1lSCZ9LnDHdZLbPLDQrzd1dJx5iFCXqH4GrEaMgB05 +DzMUYSTW00y6neDrGOWVphi1xZ2PMxrDilKTJCxBkB5P8oegJCCeI43FpN --$

Please note that you can modify the length of the unique key by changing the value in the use constant statement to be whatever you want. However the longer the key the more likely it is to be unique.


Peter L. Berghold -- Unix Professional
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   Dog trainer, dog agility exhibitor, brewer of fine Belgian style ales. Happiness is a warm, tired, contented dog curled up at your side and a good Belgian ale in your chalice.

In reply to Re: Use time() to create unique ID by blue_cowdawg
in thread Use time() to create unique ID by Anonymous Monk

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