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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Usage of UUID with 8.3 (Windows)
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Msg-id 3844.1202751300@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Usage of UUID with 8.3 (Windows)  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>)
Responses Usage of UUID with 8.3 (Windows)  ("Sven Sporer" <ncode@gmx.com>)
Re: Usage of UUID with 8.3 (Windows)  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
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Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> Figure out how to build ossp-uuid on Windows ...

> I think Windows has its own UUID generator, so the best bet would be to
> make that work.

Only if it can be made to present the same SQL-level API as we have for
OSSP.  Otherwise we'll be faced with boatloads of platform-dependent
client code ...
        regards, tom lane

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