Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well, then Tom's idea of using a random number seems pretty solid no > matter how you slice it. Maybe a UUID. A random number is looking like the best option. I'm not sure why I'd want to generate a perfectly good 128 bit random number and then throw away six of the bits to dress it up as a UUID, though. Do the libraries for that do enough to introduce entropy to compensate for the lost bits? Any other benefit I'm missing? -Kevin
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