Re: [SQL] Usage of UUID with 8.3 (Windows)
Tom Lane wrote: > Alvaro Herrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Tom Lane wrote: > >> Figure out how to build ossp-uuid on Windows ... > > > > I think Windows has its own UUID generator, so the best bet would be to > > make that work. > > Only if it can be made to present the same SQL-level API as we have for > OSSP. Otherwise we'll be faced with boatloads of platform-dependent > client code ... Indeed. Linux, for example, also has "its own" UUID generator, but I intentionally used the OSSP library, because it is platform independent. -- Peter Eisentraut http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/ ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
Re: [SQL] Usage of UUID with 8.3 (Windows)
At 09:20 AM 2/12/2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 11:56:33 -0500 From: Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Usage of UUID with 8.3 (Windows) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Now, what do I have to do in order to generate a valid UUID (or the 5 different versions as implemented by the RFC) under Windows? Figure out how to build ossp-uuid on Windows ... regards, tom lane You can review this thread too. MS provides native WinAPI tools and language wrappers for this job: http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=553194 Here's the specific API call, which could possibly be wrapped inside PG - however that raises the problem Tom notes about "boatloads of platform specific code" -- I'd guess that a custom written stored procedure is the way to go? Not sure how to make WinAPI calls from PG - perhaps someone on list has experience or references for that: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/rpc/rpc/uuidcreate.asp HTH, Steve ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
Re: [SQL] Usage of UUID with 8.3 (Windows)
Alvaro Herrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Tom Lane wrote: >> Figure out how to build ossp-uuid on Windows ... > I think Windows has its own UUID generator, so the best bet would be to > make that work. Only if it can be made to present the same SQL-level API as we have for OSSP. Otherwise we'll be faced with boatloads of platform-dependent client code ... regards, tom lane ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
Re: [SQL] Usage of UUID with 8.3 (Windows)
Tom Lane wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Now, what do I have to do in order to generate a valid UUID (or the 5 > > different versions as implemented by the RFC) under Windows? > > Figure out how to build ossp-uuid on Windows ... I think Windows has its own UUID generator, so the best bet would be to make that work. -- Alvaro Herrerahttp://www.CommandPrompt.com/ PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
Re: [SQL] Usage of UUID with 8.3 (Windows)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Now, what do I have to do in order to generate a valid UUID (or the 5 > different versions as implemented by the RFC) under Windows? Figure out how to build ossp-uuid on Windows ... regards, tom lane ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org
