Re: Fixed length datatypes. WAS [GENERAL] UUID's as primary keys

[mark(at)mark(dot)mielke(dot)cc]

On Wed, Jun 28, 2006 at 06:39:16PM +0200, Thomas Hallgren wrote:
> Instead, I would like to humbly request the inclusion of a UUID datatype 
> (or an opaque 128 bit datatype) in the core package. It's increasingly 
> common and some databases (MS SQLServer) already have built in support for 
> it.

We have it. We're just not putting in the effort required to have it
included in core, as it's too much effort to convince people that the
type has value, that is is generic, and would be widely used without
being abused. All the geometric types that I'll never use in core,
with few or no uses, including functions to operate on these types,
and no UUID type... Hehe... To me, that's irony... :-)

Cheers,
mark

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