[thelist] ASP Equivalent for CreateUUID() ?
Anthony Baratta
Anthony at Baratta.com
Tue Apr 3 01:19:10 CDT 2001
At 10:59 PM 4/2/2001, you wrote:
>Hi Folks,
>
>Does anyone know if there is an equivalent ASP function that does this:
>
>cf function CreateUUID() which makes a unique, random, 35 character string.
I rolled my own - you are welcome to use or abuse as you see fit.
nBaseID = Right(Abs(DateDiff("s",Now,#1/1/1998#)),8)
varOrderNumber = Right(Year(now),2) & Month(now) & "-"
& Left(nBaseID,2) & "-" & Mid(nBaseID,3,3)
& "-" & Right(nBaseID,3)
This uses seconds from the #Date#. You can also add a random 4 digit number
to the end to increase the chances of uniqueness.
Also, there is a component you can use - if you have access to installing
ASP components:
http://www.serverobjects.com/products.htm#free
Look for GUIDMaker.
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