Re: Fixed length datatypes. WAS [GENERAL] UUID's as

Tom Lane wrote:

>The output function, however, would be quite a trick.
>It's not going to receive anything except the Datum itself.
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I understand the reasons for this limitation of output functions, but I 
have now seen it bite several times. Maybe we need a little out of the 
box thinking on this. I have spent a while taxing my meagre brain on it 
over the last few months, without much success ;-(

cheers

andrew