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Help needed to generate token
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Pradeep Kumar
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Joined: Sep 08, 2006
Posts: 108
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Hi,
I have a requirement to generate a unique token which is of type String of Alphanumeric characters. The length of the string should always be 24. I am using MD5 algorith. Can you please tell me how to generate the unique token string.
Thanks and Regards,
Pradeep
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Thanks and Regards, Pradeep Kumar
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Jesper de Jong
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Joined: Aug 16, 2005
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MD5 is an algorithm that creates hash codes, and does not have anything to do with generating unique tokens, and cannot be used for creating unique tokens. How are you trying to use MD5 for this?
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Rob Spoor
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UUID is about the only API class that can generate truly unique numbers.
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