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Message Posted: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 @ 17:03:18 GMT


     
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Subj:   Re: Generate unique id
 
From:   Robert D Meunier

I would never rely on the Hash functions to return a unique value. The functions return a finite set of answers to a much larger set of possible inputs. This means that hash collisions are always a possibility.


Robert



     
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