On Thu, 2008-07-10 at 12:05 -0400, Mark Mielke wrote: > Mark Mielke wrote: > > I didn't notice that he put 16. Now I'm looking at uuid.c in > > PostgreSQL 8.3.3 and I see that it does use 16, and the struct > > pg_uuid_t is length 16. I find myself confused now - why does > > PostgreSQL define UUID_LEN as 16? > > > > I will investigate if I have time tonight. There MUST be some mistake > > or misunderstanding. 128-bit numbers should be stored as 8 bytes, not 16. > > Grrrr.... Kless you've confused me. 32-bit numbers = 4 bytes, 64-bit > numbers = 8 bytes, 128-bit numbers = 16 bytes. > > You are out to lunch and you dragged me with you. Did we have beer at > least? :-)
Sounds like at least 4 and a couple of chasers. > > Cheers, > mark > > -- > Mark Mielke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
