Re: Compute Hash Code

> Even with MD5, there are possibilities of different input values
> generating the same key.  I was just reading an article the other day
> that demonstrates this weakness.  I am not sure if I can send out
> links on this list, but if I can, the link is here:
>
> http://www.doxpara.com/md5_someday.pdf

That's true.  But the odds of a duplicate value on an MD5 hash are
something like 1/10000.  The odds of it happening with the "hash" that he
posted were much, much higher.  Indeed, duplicated values were almost
guaranteed to happen with that solution.

If being absolutely, 100% unique, is a requirement then a hash value won't
work. You'll want to simply concatenate the numbers into a large field.