On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 02:39, Craig Ringer <craig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 30/06/2011 12:42 AM, Michael Gould wrote: > > Grace the ossp-uuid libraries have no make system to create a 64 bit version > and I guess there are some technical reasons with the compiler. You can run > them on Linux 64 bit and Windows 32 bit only. This is the reason I'd like > to see native UUID support built in to the datatype. > > Anyone interested in this might want to start here: > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa379205(v=vs.85).aspx > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa379322(v=vs.85).aspx > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa379358(v=vs.85).aspx > > I don't use UUIDs and have way too much on my plate alread so I'm not > volunteering for this one. Yeha, should be fairly easy. Obviously, the module name shouldn't be ossp-uuid in that case, but a completely separate module. But it could/should provide a SQL-level compatible interface, of course... -- Magnus Hagander Me: http://www.hagander.net/ Work: http://www.redpill-linpro.com/ -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general