Re: timestamp as primary key?

On Thu, 19 Oct 2006, Joe Kramer wrote:

> Question: is it okay to use timestamp as primary key, or there is
> possibility of collision? (Meaning two processes may INSERT into table
> within same millisecond.) It is a web application.

If your insert fail you can always try again after some random short
time. Just do that several times and if it fails, say, 5 times
show an error to a user (sugest him to try a lottery - he'll surely
win ;-) ).

Regards
Tometzky
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