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Kevin_Davies_40's avatar
Kevin_Davies_40
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Apr 07, 2017

Unique UID generation ?

I need to generate a unique UID per user. I have a trigger which tells me when there is a new user so I know when I need to generate it. It will be used for table lookup as the F5 will store it as a ...
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Kai_Wilke's avatar
Kai_Wilke
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Apr 07, 2017

Hi Kevin,

use the follwing snippet to generate collision free unique ID.

set UID "[TMM::cmp_unit][clock clicks]"

Note: The underlying theory of this method is rather simple. Each of your TMM core(s) can only compute a single UID at the same time.

Cheers, Kai