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UUID datatype

From
Sridhar N Bamandlapally
Date:
Hi

Is there a way to implicit SELECT on UUID datatype in uppercase ?

Please

Thanks
Sridhar

Re: UUID datatype

From
Michael Paquier
Date:
On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 4:25 PM, Sridhar N Bamandlapally
<sridhar.bn1@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> Is there a way to implicit SELECT on UUID datatype in uppercase ?

You could always cast an UUID back to text and use that with upper(),
though you are not explaining what you are tying to achieve:
=# select upper(gen_random_uuid()::text);

                                                                 upper
--------------------------------------
 057A3BC2-0E62-4D68-B01A-C44D20F91450
(1 row)
--
Michael

Re: UUID datatype

From
Sridhar N Bamandlapally
Date:
This I got, need some implicit way, like maybe in RULE on SELECT can we write this ?

Thanks
Sridhar
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On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 1:05 PM, Michael Paquier <michael.paquier@gmail.com> wrote:
On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 4:25 PM, Sridhar N Bamandlapally
<sridhar.bn1@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> Is there a way to implicit SELECT on UUID datatype in uppercase ?

You could always cast an UUID back to text and use that with upper(),
though you are not explaining what you are tying to achieve:
=# select upper(gen_random_uuid()::text);

                                                                 upper
--------------------------------------
 057A3BC2-0E62-4D68-B01A-C44D20F91450
(1 row)
--
Michael