Oracle-L: Re: guid related ( repeat)

From: Igor Neyman <ineyman_at_perceptron.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 12:43:40 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.00496C90.20020712124340@fatcity.com>

Just based on the length of the field, I'd prefer sequence generated unique values.

Igor Neyman, OCP DBA
ineyman_at_perceptron.com

Original Message ----- From: BigP To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 4:08 PM Subject: guid related ( repeat)

hi everybody ,
oracle provides guid function to generate unique ids . My question is should one use that guid for synthetic primary key ..So you no longer need a sequence for generating unique values . Is it faster to do a search on number comapred to varchar2 if it is indexed . My just debating if i should use guid to for primary key .

-Bp

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