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Re: Re: New data type: uniqueidentifier

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From: Alex Pilosov <alex@pilosoft.com>
To: Thomas Swan <tswan@olemiss.edu>
Cc: Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>, "Dmitry G. Mastrukov" <dmitry@taurussoft.org>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2001-07-03T02:30:50Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
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.