Could  you provide reference(s) to such algorithms?

Thanks,
Daniel

On Apr 13, 2005, at 5:37 AM, Marten Feldtmann wrote:

> It's said, that so many programmers relay on
> some database specific serial number generation
> algorithm.
>
> Actually there're algorithm out there, which need
> only minimal itneraction with a database (2 sql
> statements during start up of an application) and
> one sql-statement at the end of the application.
>
> During lifetime the application generates keys on its
> own - guaranteed, that they are unique.
>
> These algorithm are not only much faster, but also
> database independent.
>
> Marten