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Random non-colliding computed field values

February 18, 2008 - 12:30am — Anonymous
  1. $rand = mt_rand(0, 1000000000);
  2. while ((int) db_result(db_query('SELECT COUNT(*) FROM content_type_<content_type_name> WHERE field_<fieldname> = %d', $rand)) > 0) {
  3.   $rand = mt_rand(0, 1000000000);
  4. }
  5. $node_field[0]['value'] = $rand;