So you think doing something like the following would be the best solution?

<inventory>
  <item id="1">
    <name>item's name</name>
    <price>item price</price>
  </item>
  <item id="2">
    <name>item's name</name>
    <price>item price</price>
  </item>
</inventory>

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If so, which do you think is the best way to go about assigning the numbers. Also do you think the cron job idea is good for reassigning item ids that are currently no longer being used? Or is there a less costly method? Thanks.

In reply to Re: Re: Item Identification in XML Files by Anonymous Monk
in thread Item Identification in XML Files by Anonymous Monk

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