[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Basically I will like to combine a social security number (9 digits) > and a birth date (8 digits, could be padded to be 9) and obtain a new > 'student number'. It would be better if the original numbers can't be > traced back, they will be kept in a database anyways. Hope this is a > bit more specific, thanks!!!
Why don't you assign an arbitrary ID number to each student that is entirely unrelated to sensitive information (except via the database which is hopefully secure)? -- Robert Kern [EMAIL PROTECTED] "In the fields of hell where the grass grows high Are the graves of dreams allowed to die." -- Richard Harter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
