[Grok-dev] ZODB and storing, retrieving, deleting, use of ID

[rmoskal]

You might try the python uuid module.  I tend to use uuids for RDBMS work,
why not use them with the ZODB?

Regards,

Robert Moskal


Laurence Rowe wrote:
> 
> John de la Garza wrote:
>> I'm making an app that has polls for voting... When I make a Poll  
>> object to I have to create an ID so I can find it again.  I'm comming  
>> froma RDBMS background and am wondering if there are any articles  
>> that would helpl me transistion.  For example should the ID be the  
>> last object id + 1?  I saw some sample code that kept the objects in  
>> a list then just got the length of the list, but if items are deleted  
>> then using the len as the ID could be trouble (not unique).... any  
>> feed back would be apprecitated.  I've read intro to ZODB (Jim  
>> Fulton) but it doesn't mention deleting
> 
> * Randomised keys have better efficiency when filling a B-Tree. You need 
> to check that the randomly generated key does not already exist.
> 
> * Store the length with a BTrees.Length.Length and increment/decrement 
> as you add/delete.
> 
> Laurence
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