X-Original-To: pgsql-hackers-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14F27D7F82 for ; Wed, 7 Sep 2005 14:52:40 -0300 (ADT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 04661-01 for ; Wed, 7 Sep 2005 17:52:35 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 158FED7D5C for ; Wed, 7 Sep 2005 14:52:35 -0300 (ADT) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j87HqZIv028580; Wed, 7 Sep 2005 13:52:35 -0400 (EDT) To: nathan wagner Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org Subject: Re: uuid type for postgres In-reply-to: <20050907170430.GA6281@granicus.if.org> References: <20050906135057.GA24136@granicus.if.org> <7CDBCE29-55BE-4EE3-8868-F50DB1E914F6@refractions.net> <20050907051508.GA3572@granicus.if.org> <200509070945.17916.josh@agliodbs.com> <20050907170430.GA6281@granicus.if.org> Comments: In-reply-to nathan wagner message dated "Wed, 07 Sep 2005 17:04:30 -0000" Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2005 13:52:35 -0400 Message-ID: <28579.1126115555@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.006 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.006] X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200509/348 X-Sequence-Number: 72745 nathan wagner writes: > On Wed, Sep 07, 2005 at 09:45:17AM -0700, josh@agliodbs.com wrote: >> How does it generate its machine identifier? > No idea. Does it matter? Not having to fret this kind of detail is > the advantage of using someone else's library. It absolutely matters, because without knowing that we can have no idea what sort of portability issues we might face with it. I don't buy the "not having to fret" line in the least. regards, tom lane