Re: GUID data type support - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Michael Fuhr
Subject Re: GUID data type support
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Msg-id 20050317175128.GA59873@winnie.fuhr.org
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In response to GUID data type support  (Michal Hlavac <hlavki@medium13.sk>)
List pgsql-general
On Thu, Mar 17, 2005 at 05:53:52PM +0100, Michal Hlavac wrote:

> does postgresql supports GUID data type???

For the benefit of others, could you explain what this type is and
what you want to use it for?  Are you referring to a "Globally
Unique Identifier"?

> I think, that it is slow to use GUID as varchar...

What is "it" and why do you think that "it" is slow?  What problem
are you trying to solve?

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Michael Fuhr
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