#6663: UUID as Primary Key (Re. 4682)
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Reporter: Jonathan Harker <j...@jon.geek.nz> | Owner:
nobody
Status: closed | Milestone:
Component: Database layer (models, ORM) | Version: 1.2
Resolution: invalid | Keywords:
primary key, uuid
Stage: Unreviewed | Has_patch: 0
Needs_docs: 0 | Needs_tests: 0
Needs_better_patch: 0 |
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Changes (by carljm):
* status: reopened => closed
* resolution: => invalid
Comment:
This ticket is invalid, because it's requesting something that already
exists in Django core; the ability to use a UUIDField (or any other type
of field) instead of the automatic auto-increment id field as the primary
key for a model.
If you are wanting to advocate for inclusion of a UUIDField in Django core
(which is what it sounds like), that's #4682, not this ticket. But
reopening tickets that have been closed wontfix by core developers is not
helpful and against the
[http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/internals/contributing/ contributing
guidelines]. Useful things you could do to advocate for this would include
starting a conversation on the django-developers mailing list with
arguments for inclusion of a UUIDField in core, and working on an external
UUIDField implementation to get it into shape that it could be ready for
core. (Keep in mind that the absence of an external "implementation
without issue" is an argument against, not in favor of, adding UUIDField
to core. Making the decision to add something to core does not magically
make it work better.)
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