| From: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
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| To: | pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Cc: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, ncode(at)gmx(dot)com |
| Subject: | Re: Usage of UUID with 8.3 (Windows) |
| Date: | 2008-02-17 15:20:40 |
| Message-ID: | 200802171620.41949.peter_e@gmx.net |
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Tom Lane wrote:
> 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 ...
Indeed. Linux, for example, also has "its own" UUID generator, but I
intentionally used the OSSP library, because it is platform independent.
--
Peter Eisentraut
http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/
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