Home/ Questions/Q 5935177
In Process

The Archive Base Latest Questions

Editorial Team
  • 0
Asked: 2026-05-22T15:13:02+00:00

For example, you get a random string 6dtgw.png for your filename. I understand a

  • 0

For example, you get a random string 6dtgw.png for your filename.

I understand a combination of alpha and numeric can tolerate more combinations. But that doesn’t stop a running counter from using alpha numeric.

0001..0008,0009,000a,000A,000b

(Note: I apologize if I made a wrong assumption, as I am assuming image-hosting use a random string as filename. This question will not make sense if my assumption is incorrect.)

I am not sure but i think it has thing to do with decentralized is better, counter is a bottleneck that restricts scalability.

Share

Leave an answer

You must login to add an answer.

Need An Account,

1 Answer

  1. Editorial Team

    Using a sequence would make it very easy for someone else to scan all uploads, which they probably don’t want. Using a sequence also requires synchronization between different processes (possibly on different servers!) to decide who gets to use the next number.

    • 0