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Re:How long do GUIDs really need to be? by jacques_chester on Friday October 31, 2014 @06:29PM (#8541415)
They already do. Postgres and SQL Server have UUID types.
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Re:How long do GUIDs really need to be? by wtbob on Saturday November 01, 2014 @09:12AM (#8542916)
Yeah, exactly. Building weakness into one's protocol because of an unhealthy attachment to saving a few bits and an even more unhealthy attachment to MySQL just seems foolish.
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