Re: Table 9.46. UUID Extraction Functions - Mailing list pgsql-docs

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Table 9.46. UUID Extraction Functions
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Msg-id 2565626.1791524131@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Table 9.46. UUID Extraction Functions  (Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at>)
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Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at> writes:
> On Thu, 2026-10-08 at 23:32 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>> I still wonder whether there's another solution path though.
>> We settled on &zwsp; because it fixed the major issue here,
>> but that doesn't mean there isn't a better answer.

> I think that an improved version could look as follows:

>   uuid_extract_timestamp(
>      '019535d9-3df7-79fb-b466-fa907fa17f9e'::uuid
>   ) → 2025-02-23 21:46:24.503-05

Hmm, yeah, that could work so far as the PDF line-break problem
is concerned.  Would it look too odd to HTML readers?

> Also, not everything (query results etc.) are likely to be copied and
> pasted by users.  So I guess the way forward would be for me to spend
> some time with this.  But then - is it *that* important?

Yup, that.  If you want to press forward, have at it; I'm willing
to push fixes in this area.

            regards, tom lane



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