Re: Update docs for UUID data type

Thank you for the clarification, and the well-worded paragraph. Please find
the latest patch files attached.

Best regards,
Andy Alsup

On Tue, Feb 25, 2025 at 12:41 PM Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at>
wrote:

> On Mon, 2025-02-24 at 21:04 -0500, Andy Alsup wrote:
> > Please find the attached patch, which only addresses the UUID functions
> > (in table format). I appreciate the comments related to the UUID
> datatype.
> > If you feel like the additional content didn't add clarity, I certainly
> won't argue.
>
> Your patch looks good to me.
>
> I didn't mean that adding more information about the "uuid" data type is
> a bad thing. Perhaps that additional paragraph could be
>
> RFC 9562 defines 8 different UUID versions. Each version has specific
> requirements
> for generating new UUID values, and each version provides distinct
> benefits and drawbacks.
> <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> provides native support for
> generating UUIDs
> using the UUIDv4 and UUIDv7 algorithms. Alternatively, UUID values
> can be generated
> outside of the database using any algorithm. The data type
> <type>uuid</type> can be used
> to store any UUID, regardless of the origin and the UUID version.
>
> I would be happy if you added something like that again.
>
> Yours,
> Laurenz Albe
>