"Harald Armin Massa" <haraldarminmassa(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
>> I wouldn't trust "old fashioned uuids" anymore.
> BTW: Windows has an integrated GUID creator. Used for a lot of things.
> Used in all windows installations. THAT one should be fairly robust,
> shouldn't it?
[ you just made me spill coffee all over my keyboard... ] It's never
a good idea to use "Windows" and "robust" in the same sentence.
Try googling for "windows duplicate guids" and similar phrases.
I get 226000 hits on that one.
regards, tom lane