Re: GUID/UUID Support - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Chad Wagner
Subject Re: GUID/UUID Support
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Msg-id 81961ff50701170937m39bb028yc71fec8522469ec7@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: GUID/UUID Support  ("Patrick Earl" <patearl@patearl.net>)
Responses Re: GUID/UUID Support  ("Patrick Earl" <patearl@patearl.net>)
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On 1/17/07, Patrick Earl <patearl@patearl.net> wrote:
Certainly support for the GUID field type itself is most important.
As for the generators, though they are non-essential, they are very
useful.  Other platforms and libraries have standardized on uuid
generators, so I don't see why PostgreSQL can't.

Maybe I am oblivious to the reason, but why is there a need for a special data type for GUID/UUIDs?  Wouldn't you always be doing an "equality" anyways?  Wouldn't a varchar suffice?

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Chad
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