I recommend UUID (RFC 4122). You can then encrypt the string and store it on the client as a cookie to maintain state. Kind regards, David Njuguna On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 4:36 PM, Peter Karunyu <pkarunyu@gmail.com> wrote:
Are you implying UUIDs<https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/miscellaneous-functions.html#function_uuid>? If yes, read of its caveats in certain situations here<http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/2007/03/13/to-uuid-or-not-to-uuid/> .
On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 4:20 PM, Bwana Lawi <mail2lawi@gmail.com> wrote:
Am not an expert on web stuff but how about logins? Online system sounds like one that would require users to log in. Their username/emails have to be unique
On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 4:10 PM, Yvonne Murenga <yvymurenga@gmail.com>wrote:
Hey guys how can I come up with a way of generating unique codes for identifying users in an online system? One that is not predictable?
Thanks
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