have you looked at the archives??? I don't think so. try this link: http://marc.info/?l=php-general&w=2&r=1&s=random+unique+id&q=b greets Zoltán Németh 2007. 06. 6, szerda keltezéssel 15.40-kor blueboy ezt írta: > Hi, > > I want to create random customer ids. I have an auto incremented coulumn but > I would rather have a 6-8 digit/letter id randomly generated that can be > used as a unique identifier across 3 tables. Does anyone have a algorithm to > generate such a string and can you give the odds against 2 duplicate stings > being generated? > > I know this is a strange ask. > > > R. > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
