Re: How to find available number in a list?

Chris,

> Why not use a random number for this id-field? Then scan the array if it
> is already in use and if it is, generate a new one.

That would work fairly well as long as the database is mostly empty. But,
as it got full, there would be a lot of generating and scanning till I
happened upon an unused number. And, random numbers can repeat from time to
time which seems like a waste of time too.

Thanks for the input!

Anthony
.

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