Re: GUID data type support

From: Michael Fuhr <mike(at)fuhr(dot)org>
To: Michal Hlavac <hlavki(at)medium13(dot)sk>
Cc: postgresql-general mailing list <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: GUID data type support
Date: 2005-03-17 17:51:28
Message-ID: 20050317175128.GA59873@winnie.fuhr.org
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On Thu, Mar 17, 2005 at 05:53:52PM +0100, Michal Hlavac wrote:

> does postgresql supports GUID data type???

For the benefit of others, could you explain what this type is and
what you want to use it for? Are you referring to a "Globally
Unique Identifier"?

> I think, that it is slow to use GUID as varchar...

What is "it" and why do you think that "it" is slow? What problem
are you trying to solve?

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Michael Fuhr
http://www.fuhr.org/~mfuhr/

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