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Re: Is spl_object_hash unique in the SQL sense? Can it be used as a unique SQL db column? [message #178388 is a reply to message #178386]

Tue, 12 June 2012 19:06

Jerry Stuckle
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On 6/12/2012 2:47 PM, kurtk(at)pobox(dot)com wrote:
>> No, hashes can never guaranteed to be unique.
>
> I opted to use
>
> md5(uniqid());
>
> to create a unique key.
>

Still not guaranteed to be unique. Hashes never are. But if you've
only got a few thousand items, the chances of a collision are slim.

This is why databases have sequence or auto-increment values.

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		Is spl_object_hash unique in the SQL sense? Can it be used as a unique SQL db column? By: kurtk(at)pobox(dot)com on Tue, 12 June 2012 00:16
		Re: Is spl_object_hash unique in the SQL sense? Can it be used as a unique SQL db column? By: Jerry Stuckle on Tue, 12 June 2012 00:24
		Re: Is spl_object_hash unique in the SQL sense? Can it be used as a unique SQL db column? By: kurtk(at)pobox(dot)com on Tue, 12 June 2012 18:47
		Re: Is spl_object_hash unique in the SQL sense? Can it be used as a unique SQL db column? By: Jerry Stuckle on Tue, 12 June 2012 19:06
		Re: Is spl_object_hash unique in the SQL sense? Can it be used as a unique SQL db column? By: Peter H. Coffin on Tue, 12 June 2012 19:26
		Re: Is spl_object_hash unique in the SQL sense? Can it be used as a unique SQL db column? By: Jerry Stuckle on Tue, 12 June 2012 23:34
		Re: Is spl_object_hash unique in the SQL sense? Can it be used as a unique SQL db column? By: Captain Paralytic on Wed, 13 June 2012 11:09
		Re: Is spl_object_hash unique in the SQL sense? Can it be used as a unique SQL db column? By: Goran on Wed, 13 June 2012 11:40
		Re: Is spl_object_hash unique in the SQL sense? Can it be used as a unique SQL db column? By: Captain Paralytic on Tue, 19 June 2012 10:32

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