| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com |
| Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, "Dawid Kuroczko" <qnex42(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Subject: | Re: UUID data format 4x-4x-4x-4x-4x-4x-4x-4x |
| Date: | 2008-02-28 00:19:38 |
| Message-ID: | 13019.1204157978@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> writes:
>> I am working on a patch to support this format (yes, it is a simple
>> modification).
> I'd suggest writing a formatting function for UUIDs instead.
That seems like overkill, if not outright encouragement of people to
come up with yet other nonstandard formats for UUIDs.
I think the question we have to answer is whether we want to be
complicit in the spreading of a nonstandard UUID format. Even if
we answer "yes" for this HP case, it doesn't follow that we should
create a mechanism for anybody to do anything with 'em. That way
lies the madness people already have to cope with for datetime
data :-(
regards, tom lane
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