Unique ID not so unique

i9steni — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:51:06 GMT

After installing record management I finally get a unique ID that I can reference to in external documentation. But then, after a while, I realise that this unique ID is not so unique afterall. First i import some documents so that they get the unique ID. Then i go inte another persons home space an

Re: Unique ID not so unique

pmonks — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:11:26 GMT

By default all objects in the DM repository get assigned two (2) unique ids: a GUID and a DBID. The GUID is the "safe" unique identifier to use, since they're immutable (are guaranteed to retain their value across export/import etc.), whereas DBIDs are simply database sequence / identify column values and hence change as assets are moved around between Alfresco instances.

I'm not sure which "unique ID" you're referring to - neither GUIDs nor dbids have the format shown above, which makes me suspect that they're defined in an aspect of some kind (perhaps an aspect defined in the Records Management module), in which case the generation of the unique value is part of the aspect, not Alfresco itself.

Cheers,
Peter

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