Re: Usage of UUID with 8.3 (Windows)

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: ncode(at)gmx(dot)com, pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Usage of UUID with 8.3 (Windows)
Date: 2008-02-11 17:35:00
Message-ID: 3844.1202751300@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> Figure out how to build ossp-uuid on Windows ...

> I think Windows has its own UUID generator, so the best bet would be to
> make that work.

Only if it can be made to present the same SQL-level API as we have for
OSSP. Otherwise we'll be faced with boatloads of platform-dependent
client code ...

regards, tom lane

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