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Responses Re: GUID function in pgsql?  (Bruno Wolff III <bruno@wolff.to>)
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hi list
 
i'm looking for a GUID function in pgsql to ease migration from mssql. several tools rely on a primary key that consists of a guid column. unfortunately, pgsql does not seem to provide such a datatype, and much worse i wasn't even able to find a similar pgsql function that generates a GUID.
 
the list archives found some discussions about how a guid could be implemented - unfortunately without giving a final solution. is there really no GUID creation function? if so, could it be requested for a (hopefully not so future) pgsql release?
 
- thomas

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