Re: GUID for postgreSQL - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Chris Browne
Subject Re: GUID for postgreSQL
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In response to GUID for postgreSQL  ("Riaan van der Westhuizen" <riaan@huizensoft.co.za>)
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stefan@net-tex.de ("Stefan 'Kaishakunin' Schumacher") writes:
> So as I understand the GUIDs only apply to the Microsoft Universe[TM], or
> are there any other serious apllications using it?

No, the RFC (4122) was written by a combination of people including
Rich Salz, and is an encoding of the DCE UUID specification previously
produced as part of DCE.
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