Re: Drawbacks of using BYTEA for PK?
Karsten Hilbert <karsten.hilbert@gmx.net>
From: Karsten Hilbert <Karsten.Hilbert@gmx.net>
To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Date: 2004-01-14T08:47:03Z
Lists: pgsql-general
> >Remember that /sbin/ifconfig output usually include MAC address too. Not > >that MAC addresses are 100% unique, but that should increase the > >uniqueness. > > How do you increase uniqueness? Either a value is unique or it isn't - It increases the *likelihood* of uniqueness, IOW the expected collision frequency. > if you've got multiple hosts on the network with the same network > address, you're in big trouble! He is talking about the MAC which in itself is supposed to be globally unique. Nothing to do with IP numbers. Karsten -- GPG key ID E4071346 @ wwwkeys.pgp.net E167 67FD A291 2BEA 73BD 4537 78B9 A9F9 E407 1346