Re: Fwd: Proposal - UUID data type

Kless wrote:
> I write here the answer of Jerry Stuckle [1] because it looks me
> interesting and enough logical.
>   

Jerry's answer isn't a real answer - and we don't care what MySQL does 
or does not do. PostgreSQL developers are not going to invest time into 
helping you get a feature into MySQL - if this is what you are trying to 
do, please stop.

MySQL didn't implement SQL-standards views until what - MySQL 4 or 5? 
Obviously "standards" is not their goal either. In Open Source / Free 
Software, the free contributions are from people with itches that they 
scratched. In a company like MySQL, it is more about business value or 
somewhere in between. I was a MySQL 3.x/4.x user until I learned 
PostgreSQL, and I have no intention of going back. They have so many 
incorrect assumptions built into their system, that I chose to switch 
databases instead of arguing with them. It's not worth my time, and I 
don't intend to go back. So, I will not be helping you get UUID into 
MySQL because I just don't care about MySQL...

Cheers,
mark


>
> [1] http://groups.google.com/group/comp.databases.mysql/browse_thread/thread/89557609239a995e
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> Quite frankly, I don't care that PostGres has user-defined types.
> They
> restrict you to a single database, when others might be better for
> other reasons.
>
> And yes, I think other things should have been proposed to the SQL
> standards committee.  It doesn't take that long to get a good proposal
> into the standards.  No, it isn't immediate.  But if there is a case
> to
> be made for it, then the committee will act.
>
> Then all databases get the feature, eventually.
>
> As I said.  Do it the right way.  Submit your proposal.  If you have a
> case, it will be added to the SQL standard.  If not, then it's not
> that
> important.
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Mark Mielke <mark@mielke.cc>