[Gllug] Unique id fields

Daniel Andersson daniel at septum.org
Sat Oct 11 17:29:26 UTC 2003


> What do people prefer to use when they need to get a unique ID in CGI
> applications?  I am currently generating my own, but have been looking
> at mod_unique_id:
> 
> http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_unique_id.html
> 
> I guess using this means that you have the overhead of generating a
> unique ID for every single request, but is this significant?  What
> methods would people use if not this?

first question, what do you need a unique id for?
and why one for each request?

/ d

-- 
Gllug mailing list  -  Gllug at linux.co.uk
http://list.ftech.net/mailman/listinfo/gllug




More information about the GLLUG mailing list