When I first saw 4D’s requirement for unique indexes I was tempted to replace other ids in our databases with UUIDs in order to save space ... I quickly gave up on that idea. I just let 4D manage UUIDs to have unique IDs for backup and journalizing functions and I don’t assume anything regarding those fields and indexes.
Paul > On 3 Sep 2018, at 21:07, Jim Labos - infobase via 4D_Tech > <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: > > Yes thanks, that is what I became aware of at that point. Previously UUID's > nature was not particularly interesting to me and so I thought of it as > Alpha numeric string. For comparison's sake a text will work but not as I > previously falsely assumed. > > This old dog can still learn! > > Cheers > > Jim Labos - infobase > > > > ----- > Jim Labos - infobase > -- > Sent from: http://4d.1045681.n5.nabble.com/4D-Tech-f1376241.html > ********************************************************************** > 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html > Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech > Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com > ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **********************************************************************
