> Do you really want to copy the code verbatim? I mean, there's a lot of > stuff which would need quite a bit of massaging to get working in > postgres. I'd say just look at it, understand it, and then write > something that will work. The copyright won't matter then. >
This is a better idea i must say. I will take a closer look at the code then see which parts I can reuse. > BTW, I seem to remember something about the stuff in the RFC not being > good for some reason, not unique enough or too predictable. Do you know > anything about that? > It was a privacy issue regarding GUID generation introduced by MS. The version 1 (V1) of the algorithm was created based on the MAC which was somehow back-traceable to the computer it was generated on I guess. Version 4 was based on a better algorithm. > Have a nice day, ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
