My company expects some tables to exceed 2^31-1 rows and so we are thinking we need a 64 bit PK. Has anyone gotten this to work?
Thanks, Jeff On May 5, 5:10 am, Marnen Laibow-Koser <li...@ruby-forum.com> wrote: > [Please quote when replying. This is a mailing list, not just a Web > forum.] > > demonGeek wrote: > > Because I want to. > > That's not a sufficient answer. If you need a feature, be prepared to > explain how it adds value for you. If you can't explain how something > adds value, you probably don't actually need it. > > > Like I said, I already know how to use a UUID with rails - so what is > > it you think I should be asking? > > You should be thinking about *why* you want to use a UUID, and whether > it's actually the appropriate solution in the context of Rails. > > > > > The question was: how do I get a migration to create a primary key > > column in a database - the only thing that has to do with Rails is > > that the migration is written in Rails. > > > Creating a primary key on a database column is about optimizing the > > database, I don't see what that has to do with optimizing Rails code. > > Rails expects the database to be set up a certain way. In return, it > gives you a lot of nice stuff. > > > I'm not trying to imply any meaning into that other than the obvious > > one. > > No one said you were. But please understand the framework before trying > to fight it. :) > > I seem to recall that there's a plugin or something to make Rails work > with UUIDs, but I've never used it. > > Best, > -- > Marnen Laibow-Koserhttp://www.marnen.org > mar...@marnen.org > -- > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-t...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-t...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
