From: | Jan de Visser <jdevisser(at)digitalfairway(dot)com> |
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To: | mark(at)mark(dot)mielke(dot)cc |
Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Gevik Babakhani <pgdev(at)xs4all(dot)nl> |
Subject: | Re: Proposal for GUID datatype |
Date: | 2006-09-09 02:49:21 |
Message-ID: | 200609082249.21914.jdevisser@digitalfairway.com |
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On Friday 08 September 2006 21:34, mark(at)mark(dot)mielke(dot)cc wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 08, 2006 at 09:24:19PM -0400, Jan de Visser wrote:
> > On Friday 08 September 2006 15:18, Gevik Babakhani wrote:
> > > 2a) Three input formats are supported.
> > > example:
> > > insert into tbl (fld) values('1dfb39af-b56a-40b8-a903-b5b31567c3ce');
> > > insert into tbl (fld) values('{1dfb39af-b56a-40b8-a903-b5b31567c3ce}');
> > > insert into tbl (fld) values('1dfb39afb56a40b8a903b5b31567c3ce');
> >
> > Please extend your list. java's RMI package generates UIDs with the
> > following format:
> >
> > [head order 21:19]$ bsh.sh
> > BeanShell 1.3.0 - by Pat Niemeyer (pat(at)pat(dot)net)
> > bsh % print(new java.rmi.server.UID());
> > 3b732da7:10d9029b3eb:-8000
> > bsh %
>
> That doesn't look like a UUID/GUID - unless it trims leading zeroes?
>
> UUID/GUID = 128-bits = 32 hexadecimal characters.
I know, it's a UID. Not a GUID. But many people (including myself) use it as a
base to generate GUIDs. And that's not really the point. The point is that
I'm afraid he's going to restrict himself to much.
>
> Cheers,
> mark
jan
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