On Wed, June 28, 2006 1:14 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Wed, Jun 28, 2006 at 06:39:16PM +0200, Thomas Hallgren wrote: > >> Instead, I would like to humbly request the inclusion of a UUID >> datatype (or an opaque 128 bit datatype) in the core package. It's >> increasingly common and some databases (MS SQLServer) already have built >> in support for it. > > We have it. We're just not putting in the effort required to have it > included in core, as it's too much effort to convince people that the type > has value, that is is generic, and would be widely used without being > abused. All the geometric types that I'll never use in core, with few or > no uses, including functions to operate on these types, and no UUID > type... Hehe... To me, that's irony... :-)
Is it on pgfoundry? From past discussions, the new criteria for getting something into core is to first determine if it is successful on pgfoundry. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend
