Re: GUIDs

From: David Wheeler <david(at)kineticode(dot)com>
To: Bruno Wolff III <bruno(at)wolff(dot)to>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: GUIDs
Date: 2003-11-14 22:52:41
Message-ID: 407F3803-16F5-11D8-9545-0003931A964A@kineticode.com
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On Friday, November 14, 2003, at 12:04 AM, Bruno Wolff III wrote:

> Couldn't you use numeric? That should be fairly portable.

Not really. The GUID is 128 bits, which doesn't work so well on 32-bit
systems.

Regards,

David

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