Re: newid() in postgres

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Cc: "marcel(dot)beutner" <m(dot)beutner(at)googlemail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: newid() in postgres
Date: 2007-04-04 22:55:35
Message-ID: 200704050055.36323.peter_e@gmx.net
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marcel.beutner wrote:
> I've searched in the groups already, but couldn't find any helpful
> information - only to use a sequence, which returns just a number and
> not a unique identifier.

Which properties do your unique identifiers posses that are not
satisfied by a number returned by a sequence?

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Peter Eisentraut
http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/

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