Re: Proposal for GUID datatype

On Friday 08 September 2006 21:34, mark(at)mark(dot)mielke(dot)cc wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 08, 2006 at 09:24:19PM -0400, Jan de Visser wrote:
> > On Friday 08 September 2006 15:18, Gevik Babakhani wrote:
> > > 2a) Three input formats are supported.
> > > example:
> > > insert into tbl (fld) values('1dfb39af-b56a-40b8-a903-b5b31567c3ce');
> > > insert into tbl (fld) values('{1dfb39af-b56a-40b8-a903-b5b31567c3ce}');
> > > insert into tbl (fld) values('1dfb39afb56a40b8a903b5b31567c3ce');
> >
> > Please extend your list. java's RMI package generates UIDs with the
> > following format:
> >
> > [head order 21:19]$ bsh.sh
> > BeanShell 1.3.0 - by Pat Niemeyer (pat(at)pat(dot)net)
> > bsh % print(new java.rmi.server.UID());
> > 3b732da7:10d9029b3eb:-8000
> > bsh %
>
> That doesn't look like a UUID/GUID - unless it trims leading zeroes?
>
> UUID/GUID = 128-bits = 32 hexadecimal characters.

I know, it's a UID. Not a GUID. But many people (including myself) use it as a
base to generate GUIDs. And that's not really the point. The point is that
I'm afraid he's going to restrict himself to much.

>
> Cheers,
> mark

jan

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