Gevik Babakhani wrote:
> There could be many algorithms to generate a guid. I guess we will
> get into a big debate on that, which is not much useful i guess
> (seeing the posts last year).
There are a handful of standardized or established algorithms, so it
doesn't hurt to provide them all. Compare pgcrypto -- certainly no one
needs all those encryption algorithms, but we offer them.
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Peter Eisentraut
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