UUID will be fine, LexicalUUID should be used for version 2,3,4 and 5 UUID's. TimeUUID for version 1.
A ----------------- Aaron Morton Freelance Cassandra Developer @aaronmorton http://www.thelastpickle.com On 30/09/2011, at 5:48 AM, Ramesh S wrote: > We have to assign Id for each item in our database. Item is linked to geo > location and hence would need hundreds of millions of Ids. > So is LexicalUUID a good option ? > > regards, > Ramesh