Generating unique numbers?

[Aahz]

In article <3CF7EBC8.4080802 at verio.net>, VanL  <vlindberg at verio.net> wrote:
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>Is there a good algorithm for generating unique numbers 
>(ints, specifically) that can be used as object identifiers?
>
>I am discounding the obvious newid += 1 because I will need 
>to merge different sets, and while I may have some number 
>overlap, using a simple count for each object would 
>guarantee that I have the maximum number of clashes.

Use a global, persistent newid.
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