> I'd be willing to accept a core uuid type sans generator function, > but is that really all that useful? > This is also a point I remember from the last discussions. To not to include the generator in the core. The generation of the uuid is then going to be on the client side.
The uuid type is very useful, especially when migrating from other systems to pg (ms->pg or syb->pg). Regards, Gevik. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: You can help support the PostgreSQL project by donating at http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate