sql backend - guid

[marcus.wolschon at googlemail.com]

On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:09:46 +0100, bdebrabant <bdebrabant at gmail.com>
wrote:
> 2) Would it be safe to generate guid other than by calling qof functions?
>     Any idea how to do it?

I have generated GUIDs with third-party software (jGnucashLib) for years
not and there are no problems whatsoever.
The typical method of GUID-generaton takes the current time
in ms and and a lot of randomness, so conflicts are virtually impossible.

Marcus