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Re: UUID column as pimrary key?

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On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 3:43 PM, Bill Moran <wmoran@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Despite the fact that the chance of a collision is very, very small, there
> is no easy way to fix it if it happens.  Zero.  It can't be done without
> shutting the system down, recalling all the remote devices and manually
> reconciling the problem ... which is not an option.

Sounds like a security problem - an intentional collision is much more
likely than a random one.

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