Re: [xsl] Randomly displaying articles from RSS feed

[Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 01:06 PM 1/11/2008, you wrote:
> Wendell Piez wrote:
> > Cool. I don't think the newly created node ID will work for the use 
> > case, but the external URL call is excellent (and part of a trend, 
> > ain't it). Of course, the URL will have to return a number random 
> > across calls, not just the same "random" number each time. :-)
>
> I'm not sure it works for the OP. But it works for me. I actually 
> use "my" GUID code quite often for tasks like this: it is quite 
> likely globally unique and definitely unique within one run. (see 
> also my previous post).

Understood: my remark wasn't meant as a criticism of the technique, 
which as such is just fine. I was just trying to keep the discussion 
on topic for the thread -- and guessing that sequentially created 
GUIDs might also be sequential (or have some other non-random 
relation, such as never being the same :-), without breaking any rules.

But while the philosophy of what is "random", either theoretically or 
for local practical purposes, is fascinating, it's not really in 
scope for XSLT. So keeping the discussion on topic for the thread was 
an attempt to keep it on topic for the list.

Cheers,
Wendell



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