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1. GUID

   pgsql@mohawksoft.com — 2004-04-01T04:00:05Z

   I know I'm probably being a bomb tosser, but would it be practical to
   incorporate, like the serial type, and automatic GUID type?
   
   While I love PostgreSQL, I am frequently forced to deal with Oracle and
   MSSQL. While there is a great deal of focus on making PostgreSQL a good
   competitor to  Oracle, making it a good competitor for MSSQL is a good
   idea as well. (Yes, I know this is not a very difficult target.)
   
   The reference code is readily available and postgresql functions are
   trivial to write, if one were to submit code properly addorned with the
   various copyright notices, could it be included in the main catalog?
   
   

2. Re: GUID

   Dmitry G. Mastrukov Дмитрий Геннадьевич Мастрюков <dmitry@taurussoft.org> — 2004-04-01T04:46:59Z

   В ??, 01.04.2004, в 08:00, pgsql@mohawksoft.com пишет:
   > I know I'm probably being a bomb tosser, but would it be practical to
   > incorporate, like the serial type, and automatic GUID type?
   > 
   > While I love PostgreSQL, I am frequently forced to deal with Oracle and
   > MSSQL. While there is a great deal of focus on making PostgreSQL a good
   > competitor to  Oracle, making it a good competitor for MSSQL is a good
   > idea as well. (Yes, I know this is not a very difficult target.)
   > 
   > The reference code is readily available and postgresql functions are
   > trivial to write, if one were to submit code properly addorned with the
   > various copyright notices, could it be included in the main catalog?
   > 
   There exists uniqueidentifier project on gborg.postgresql.org. It adds
   uniqueidentifier datatype to postgresql, but depends on libuuid from
   e2fsprogs. Take a look on
   http://gborg.postgresql.org/projects/uniqueidentifier.
   
   Regards,
   Dmitry