Re: Using PK value as a String

In response to Moritz Onken <onken(at)houseofdesign(dot)de>:

> We chose UUID as PK because there is still some information in an
> integer key.
> You can see if a user has registered before someone else (user1.id <
> user2.id)
> or you can see how many new users registered in a specific period of
> time
> (compare the id of the newest user to the id a week ago). This is
> information
> which is in some cases critical.

So you're accidentally storing critical information in magic values
instead of storing it explicitly?

Good luck with that.

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