From: Nikodemus Siivola <tsiivola@...>
Date: 2002-08-14T19:10:37+09:00
Subject: Re: Primary Key Hash help


On Mon, 12 Aug 2002, Chris Morris wrote:

> The unique key for each row is all columns. I'd like to generate a single
> column unique key that's derived from all the data, so a simple sequential
> number primary key won't do. Any tips on how I could do this in Ruby?

Just wondering: I saw the MD5 solution, but feel that I am missing
something. Why MD5 instead of:

	key = row.hash

I am certaint that this is flawed, but fail to see why. :/

  -- Nikodemus