Re: GUID - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Dmitry G. Mastrukov
Subject Re: GUID
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Msg-id 1080794819.819.13.camel@flame-in-night.hq.taurussoft.org
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In response to GUID  (pgsql@mohawksoft.com)
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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




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