Re: Analogue to SQL Server UniqueIdentifier?

From: "jerry(dot)evans(at)chordia" <jerry(dot)evans(at)chordia(dot)co(dot)uk>
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Subject: Re: Analogue to SQL Server UniqueIdentifier?
Date: 2008-02-18 17:08:18
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Thanks Bill.

I discovered that 8.3 supports a UUID datatype. Thus a CREATE DOMAIN
uniqueidentifier AS uuid works fine for the aliasing. There are no SQL
Server style functions for UUID creation but I can handle this in the client
code. Works a treat.

Jerry

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