Re: GUID for postgreSQL

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>
To: John DeSoi <desoi(at)pgedit(dot)com>
Cc: Scott Marlowe <smarlowe(at)g2switchworks(dot)com>, Tino Wildenhain <tino(at)wildenhain(dot)de>, Riaan van der Westhuizen <riaan(at)huizensoft(dot)co(dot)za>, Postgresql-General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: GUID for postgreSQL
Date: 2005-07-28 00:25:58
Message-ID: 20050728002558.GT1832@alvh.no-ip.org
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On Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 07:43:08PM -0400, John DeSoi wrote:

> I'm not saying that GUIDs are the ultimate solution to this problem.
> The original poster brought up the need to store GUIDs in a database.
> There are protocols and standards that require GUIDs and I merely
> agree it would be nice to have a GUID data type.

AFAIR there is one on gborg.

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Alvaro Herrera (<alvherre[a]alvh.no-ip.org>)
"Just treat us the way you want to be treated + some extra allowance
for ignorance." (Michael Brusser)

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