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Re:Unexpected downsides of UUID keys in PostgreSQL by yes_man on Thursday June 22, 2023 @08:36AM (#36431202)
And adding greppability of logs in debugging situations. You can just search logs in any systems of yours with the UUID and find exact hits you are dealing with. Whereas with integers you will get all kinds of hits
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Re:Unexpected downsides of UUID keys in PostgreSQL by phkahler on Thursday June 22, 2023 @09:37AM (#36431975)
Because UUIDs are universally Unique IDentifiers.
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