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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>
Cc: ncode@gmx.com
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Usage of UUID with 8.3 (Windows)
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 12:35:00 -0500
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Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com> 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



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