On Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 20:59, Josh Berkus <j...@agliodbs.com> wrote: > 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.
UUID *is* in core. It's just the generation functions that aren't. -- Magnus Hagander Me: http://www.hagander.net/ Work: http://www.redpill-linpro.com/ -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
