Tom, > 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 :-(
Well, I guess the question is: if we don't offer some builtin way to render non-standard formats built into company products, will those companies fix their format or just not use PostgreSQL? -- Josh Berkus PostgreSQL @ Sun San Francisco ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match