Re: Re: New data type: uniqueidentifier

I sit corrected.  

*slightly humbled*

Why not do an unsigned int16 to hold your UUID generated numbers.   
Ultimately, this would seem to be a more general solution and accomplish 
your goals at the sametime.  Or, am I completely missing something.

Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote:

>>don't create a bazillion datatypes.  Besides, 128 bit numbers are 7
>>byte integers.
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>Hang on:  128 div 8 = 16 byte integer
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>>PostgreSQL has an int8 (8 byte integer) datatype.
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>And therefore it is a _64_ bit integer and you can't have a 256bit unique
>number in it...
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>>While I like the UUID function idea, I'd recommend a better solution to
>>creating an "unique" identifier.  Why not create a serial8 datatype:
>>int8 with an int8 sequence = 256bit "unique" number.  {Yes, I know
>>violating my first sentence.}  Then, you'd have the same thing (or
>>better) AND your not relying on randomness.
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>Chris
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