Re: uniqueidentifier datatype for 7.3.X

В Вск, 03.11.2002, в 19:08, Tom Lane написал:
> "Dmitry G. Mastrukov" Дмитрий Геннадьевич Мастрюков <dmitry@taurussoft.org> writes:
> > In this release there is additional function uniqueidentifier_text()
> > which converts uniqueidentifier to text datatype. Thanks to Hussein
> > Patni!
>
> You would be better off to name the conversion function text(uuid)
> and declare it as a cast (possibly an explicit-only cast, depending on
> whether you think automatic casting of uuid to text is a good idea).
> Not following the standard naming convention for conversion functions
> just creates an extra memory burden for users.
>
Thanks, Tom. I thought about it but I should consult with doc how to do
so. Now I simply add Hussein's function to the package because my task
was to port datatype itself.

Regards,
Dmitry