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Re: User ID generation
From: Adam K <adamk1 () gmail com>
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 15:55:42 -0500
I would say that would be a bad idea as it starts to give away information about your users. It is better to keep the userid a unique value - at least that's my thought. later, Adam On 4/14/05, Andi McLean <andi_mclean () ntlworld com> wrote:
Whilst talking about usernames, I was wondering what people's thoughts were on the following scheme. The users date of birth, Selected from drop down boxes, and entering a 4 digit random number, selected by the system, so username are unique. Cheers Andi
Current thread:
- User ID generation Jason binger (Apr 13)
- RE: User ID generation Andrew van der Stock (Apr 13)
- RE: User ID generation Thomas Ng (Apr 13)
- Re: User ID generation Scovetta Labs (Apr 13)
- Re: User ID generation Andi McLean (Apr 14)
- Re: User ID generation Adam K (Apr 18)
- Re: User ID generation Scovetta Labs (Apr 18)
- Re: User ID generation Andi McLean (Apr 14)
- Re: User ID generation Paul M. (Apr 18)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: User ID generation Murtland, Jerry (Apr 18)
- Re: User ID generation Andi McLean (Apr 18)
- Re: User ID generation Lucas Holt (Apr 20)
- Re: User ID generation Andi McLean (Apr 18)
- RE: User ID generation Andrew van der Stock (Apr 13)