Received: from localhost (postgresql.org [64.49.215.8]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CD08475C85 for ; Sun, 3 Nov 2002 23:08:14 -0500 (EST) Received: from bob.samurai.com (bob.samurai.com [205.207.28.75]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E4CC475BA0 for ; Sun, 3 Nov 2002 23:08:14 -0500 (EST) Received: from tokyo.samurai.com (DU150.N224.ResNet.QueensU.CA [130.15.224.150]) by bob.samurai.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBC1F1F2E; Sun, 3 Nov 2002 23:08:17 -0500 (EST) To: Wei Weng Cc: josh@agliodbs.com, pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Does this matter? References: <1036181881.24810.1.camel@Monet> <200211011223.48962.josh@agliodbs.com> <1036183942.25096.3.camel@Monet> From: Neil Conway In-Reply-To: <1036183942.25096.3.camel@Monet> Date: 03 Nov 2002 23:08:17 -0500 Message-ID: <87d6pmyo26.fsf@mailbox.samurai.com> Lines: 14 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS new-20020517 X-Archive-Number: 200211/18 X-Sequence-Number: 176 Wei Weng writes: > Since I need to use a GUID as the primary key, I have to use the char > datatype. Try uniqueidentifier: http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-announce/2002-07/msg00001.php Cheers, Neil -- Neil Conway || PGP Key ID: DB3C29FC