Hi!
Take a look to SOUNDEX() function - it generates 4-character key that is very similar to pure hashing.
>Hi All,
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>How can we use Hash() Function in VFP, as we are using it in VB & Java to generate unique key from a name string?
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>Anil Lakhani
Vlad Grynchyshyn, Project Manager, MCP
vgryn@yahoo.comICQ #10709245
The professional level of programmer could be determined by level of stupidity of his/her bugs
It is not appropriate to say that question is "foolish". There could be only foolish answers. Everybody passed period of time when knows nothing about something.