At 09:20 AM 2/12/2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 11:56:33 -0500
From: Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Usage of UUID with 8.3 (Windows)
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Now, what do I have to do in order to generate a valid UUID (or the 5 different versions as implemented by the RFC) under Windows?

Figure out how to build ossp-uuid on Windows ...

                        regards, tom lane

You can review this thread too. MS provides native WinAPI tools and language wrappers for this job:

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=553194

Here's the specific API call, which could possibly be wrapped inside PG - however that raises the problem Tom notes about "boatloads of platform specific code" -- I'd guess that a custom written stored procedure is the way to go? Not sure how to make WinAPI calls from PG - perhaps someone on list has experience or references for that:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/rpc/rpc/uuidcreate.asp

HTH,

Steve


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