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From: John Bell on 20 Jul 2010 16:32
On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:40:42 -0700 (PDT), Passiday
<passiday(a)gmail.com> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>> I am not sure why you aren't using GUIDs/uniqueidentifiers?
>> Even though they are horrible, they are probably better than what you
>> are currently doing!
>
>This project has long legacy, it's been ported through different
>database platforms. In the environment where it's core structures and
>code was developed, there was no such thing as reliable GUIDs.
>Besides, I can't agree that the current ID generation would be so
>"horrible" - generating new ID at code level is quite simple.
>
>Pavils

I can't believe that you don't have scalability issues with the
solution you outlined.

John
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