Re: Sequence vs UUID

From: "Peter J(dot) Holzer" <hjp-pgsql(at)hjp(dot)at>
To: pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Sequence vs UUID
Date: 2023-02-02 23:11:20
Message-ID: 20230202231120.wzfnigoanuszl2wf@hjp.at
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On 2023-02-02 10:22:09 -0500, Benedict Holland wrote:
> Well... until two processes generate an identical UUID. That happened to me
> several times.

How did that happen? Pure software implementation with non-random seed?
Hardware with insufficient entropy source?

hp

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