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From Csaba Nagy
Subject Re: Opinion wanted on UUID/GUID datatype output formats.
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Msg-id 1158249088.25023.71.camel@coppola.muc.ecircle.de
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In response to Opinion wanted on UUID/GUID datatype output formats.  (Gevik Babakhani <pgdev@xs4all.nl>)
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> select format_uuid(mypk,'format2') from tbluuid;
> and then get: 6b13c5a1-afb4-dcf5-ce8f-8b4656b6c93c

How about instead of fixed formats, you allow a format string using the
diverse parts of the GUID a la time formatting functions ? Then
everybody can format it as they want.

Just an idea.

Cheers,
Csaba.

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