Re: UUID/GUID

From: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Ozz Nixon <ozznixon(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: UUID/GUID
Date: 2010-06-18 02:04:39
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On Thu, 2010-06-17 at 20:56 -0400, Ozz Nixon wrote:
> I found a page:
>
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/uuid-ossp.html
>
> Is that the only way to get UUID from postgresql?
>
> * We are in the midst of porting a replication product to support postgresql, which relies on UUID/GUID for uniqueness instead of Sequences and Site ID's.

No you can use your own library as well (or language library).

Joshua D. Drake

>
> Thanks,
> O.

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