Sunday, August 24, 2008

Re: [BUGS] BUG #4274: uuid returns duplicate values

"Harald Armin Massa" <haraldarminmassa@gmail.com> writes:
>> I wouldn't trust "old fashioned uuids" anymore.

> BTW: Windows has an integrated GUID creator. Used for a lot of things.
> Used in all windows installations. THAT one should be fairly robust,
> shouldn't it?

[ you just made me spill coffee all over my keyboard... ] It's never
a good idea to use "Windows" and "robust" in the same sentence.

Try googling for "windows duplicate guids" and similar phrases.
I get 226000 hits on that one.

regards, tom lane

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