[Zope] GUID Equivalent in Zope?

[Philip Kilner]

Hi All,

We need to be able to add a system-generated unique key string to a 
record entered into an RDBMS via a Zope application. The same database 
is also accessed by an ASP application which uses GUIDs for this function: -

- Is there something similar to a GUID generator in Zope?

- If so, would it be practical to actually generate this string in the 
same format as MS GUIDs (I know they look horrible, but an trying to 
keep equivalence between the ASP-powered functions and the Zope-powered 
functions)?

FWIW, the Zope application is on Win32, so perhaps we could get Windows 
to generate us a GUID?

Thanks in anticipation for any input!


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Regards,

PhilK

Email: phil at xfr.co.uk / Voicemail & Facsimile: 07092 070518

"the symbols of the divine show up in our world initially at the trash 
stratum." Philip K Dick


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