Re: [NF] Getting MySQL integer primary keys (NOT AUTOINC) idea...similar to VFP's old IF SEEK("TheTable","Keys","TheTable") AND RLOCK('Keys') idea

On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 2:57 PM, Gene Wirchenko genew@telus.net wrote:

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Of course, if you were to create GUIDs, the universe would likely end first.

 GUIDs are not that bad, are they?

Oh, indeed they are! The Entropy Heat Death of the Universe is not far behind the exhaustion of the GUID space. Perhaps they should be considered a Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse.