Re: Proposal for GUID datatype

From: Gevik Babakhani <pgdev(at)xs4all(dot)nl>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Proposal for GUID datatype
Date: 2006-09-08 20:46:39
Message-ID: 1157748399.24315.4.camel@voyager.truesoftware.net
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On Fri, 2006-09-08 at 16:17 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Gevik Babakhani <pgdev(at)xs4all(dot)nl> writes:
> > typreceive = not supported
> > typsend = not supported
>
> Really? Why not?

You are right, typreceive/typsend are also needed.
How would you advice to test this?

> I would suggest that the default output format just be 32 hex
> characters, since that would render the type useful for purposes
> other than one narrow definition of UUID.

Agreed.

>
> regards, tom lane
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