| From: | "Dmitry G(dot) Mastrukov" <dmitry(at)taurussoft(dot)org> |
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| To: | pgsql(at)mohawksoft(dot)com |
| Cc: | PostgreSQL-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: GUID |
| Date: | 2004-04-01 04:46:59 |
| Message-ID: | 1080794819.819.13.camel@flame-in-night.hq.taurussoft.org |
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В ??, 01.04.2004, в 08:00, pgsql(at)mohawksoft(dot)com пишет:
> I know I'm probably being a bomb tosser, but would it be practical to
> incorporate, like the serial type, and automatic GUID type?
>
> While I love PostgreSQL, I am frequently forced to deal with Oracle and
> MSSQL. While there is a great deal of focus on making PostgreSQL a good
> competitor to Oracle, making it a good competitor for MSSQL is a good
> idea as well. (Yes, I know this is not a very difficult target.)
>
> The reference code is readily available and postgresql functions are
> trivial to write, if one were to submit code properly addorned with the
> various copyright notices, could it be included in the main catalog?
>
There exists uniqueidentifier project on gborg.postgresql.org. It adds
uniqueidentifier datatype to postgresql, but depends on libuuid from
e2fsprogs. Take a look on
http://gborg.postgresql.org/projects/uniqueidentifier.
Regards,
Dmitry
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