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Re: New data type: uniqueidentifier

Thomas Swan <tswan-lst@ics.olemiss.edu>

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From: Thomas Swan <tswan-lst@ics.olemiss.edu>
To: Alex Pilosov <alex@pilosoft.com>
Cc: Thomas Swan <tswan@olemiss.edu>, Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>, "Dmitry G. Mastrukov" <dmitry@taurussoft.org>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2001-07-03T15:05:18Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
Where can I find some more information on it?  I'm curious now.

Alex Pilosov wrote:

>On Mon, 2 Jul 2001, Thomas Swan wrote:
>
>>I sit corrected.  
>>
>>*slightly humbled*
>>
>>Why not do an unsigned int16 to hold your UUID generated numbers.   
>>
>Not a good idea, since rules for comparison of UUID are wierd and are
>_definitely_ not same as for comparison of int16.
>
>>Ultimately, this would seem to be a more general solution and accomplish 
>>your goals at the sametime.  Or, am I completely missing something.
>>
>
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