Re: function for creating random id

Michael Loftis <mloftis@wgops.com> writes:

> I've gotten intot he habit of using a sequence identifier, and couple
> that with the current time then md5 sum that to create unique
> uids. Works our fairly well, and is atleast marginally difficult to
> guess.

that sounds good. could you send me your function definition? because i
don't now how to md5 sum in postgresql.

thanks,
        moritz


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