On 7/3/11 2:02 PM, Tom Lane wrote: > Yeah. If there were One True Way to create a UUID, I would probably > agree that we should push that functionality into core. But there are > a lot of ways (and the reason for that is that they all suck in one > fashion or another :-(). Between that and the lack of portability of > many of the better ways, this is something I'm happy to keep at arm's > length.
Also, I think that UUIDs fall into the class of "datatypes used by less than 10% of users" which should always remain extensions. I'd consider CITEXT for core before UUID. -- Josh Berkus PostgreSQL Experts Inc. http://pgexperts.com -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
