Re: Proposal for GUID datatype - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Jan de Visser
Subject Re: Proposal for GUID datatype
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Msg-id 200609082124.19929.jdevisser@digitalfairway.com
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In response to Proposal for GUID datatype  (Gevik Babakhani <pgdev@xs4all.nl>)
Responses Re: Proposal for GUID datatype  (mark@mark.mielke.cc)
Re: Proposal for GUID datatype  (Thomas Hallgren <thomas@tada.se>)
List pgsql-hackers
On Friday 08 September 2006 15:18, Gevik Babakhani wrote:
> 2a) Three input formats are supported.
> example:
> insert into tbl (fld) values('1dfb39af-b56a-40b8-a903-b5b31567c3ce');
> insert into tbl (fld) values('{1dfb39af-b56a-40b8-a903-b5b31567c3ce}');
> insert into tbl (fld) values('1dfb39afb56a40b8a903b5b31567c3ce');

Please extend your list. java's RMI package generates UIDs with the following
format:

[head order 21:19]$ bsh.sh
BeanShell 1.3.0 - by Pat Niemeyer (pat@pat.net)
bsh % print(new java.rmi.server.UID());
3b732da7:10d9029b3eb:-8000
bsh %

So forms that use colons instead of dashes seem appropriate.

Or better still, make it configurable.

jan

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