On 3/11/06, Elias Torres <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > I can think of one reason: > > Using HEX (uuids) we can merge content from different servers without > having to worry about the ids being 1,2,3,etc.
I've benefitted from this in the past - so I think it's a good thing. For example, you could migrate a blog from JRoller to your own server, and retain all the entries. Matt > > - -Elias > > David M Johnson wrote: > > > > On Mar 11, 2006, at 4:45 PM, BigLiu wrote: > > > >> I want to create some customer tables to extend roller. But I have > >> question > >> regarding why the primary key is defined in hex instead of integer? Will > >> this cause any performance problem? > > > > > > I can't really remember why I chose the hex key. I don't think it has a > > significant impact on performance. > > > > - Dave > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFEEngVtsNTCOFcV0oRAjThAJ0ekmh9kiOkwDxqfHGlkZUvyDBM1wCfTA9P > CsmeJvoHh1/vrxdgRrRqiDE= > =djO4 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >
