Re: Full GUID support

From: Thom Brown <thom(at)linux(dot)com>
To: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Full GUID support
Date: 2011-07-12 18:27:20
Message-ID: CAA-aLv7WJe_w7c_Y7VPf=Tk7szUx-RnZF2Zg5xryinApXrhHvQ@mail.gmail.com
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On 12 July 2011 19:24, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> wrote:
> Magnus, JD,
>
>> UUID *is* in core. It's just the generation functions that aren't.
>
> No, it's not.  It's in /contrib, which makes it an extension.

The functions to produce UUIDs are in contrib, but the UUID data type
itself is in core. You get the type uuid whether you install the
contrib module or not.

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/datatype-uuid.html

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