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| author | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> | 2007-04-21 17:26:18 +0000 |
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| committer | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> | 2007-04-21 17:26:18 +0000 |
| commit | 74496bc298e099401a8b41c1c529bf9fb7aa9f3c (patch) | |
| tree | 691b988a5d60c61fda649f535537eb7258873653 /doc/src | |
| parent | 71495f296e54468c3998ae1d9bc1654867b6369f (diff) | |
Contrib module uuid-ossp for generating UUID values using the OSSP UUID
library. New configure option --with-ossp-uuid to activate.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml | 15 |
2 files changed, 22 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml index cda0f50d94b..2ffe0745869 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml,v 1.197 2007/04/20 21:51:46 petere Exp $ --> +<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml,v 1.198 2007/04/21 17:26:17 petere Exp $ --> <chapter id="datatype"> <title id="datatype-title">Data Types</title> @@ -3246,6 +3246,13 @@ a0eebc999c0b4ef8bb6d6bb9bd380a11 </programlisting> Output is always in the standard form. </para> + + <para> + To generate UUIDs, the contrib module <literal>uuid-ossp</literal> + provides functions that implement the standard algorithms. + Alternatively, UUIDs could be generated by client applications or + other libraries invoked through a server-side function. + </para> </sect1> <sect1 id="datatype-xml"> diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml index b8474a0a87b..5d5188aa008 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml,v 1.287 2007/04/21 15:30:28 adunstan Exp $ --> +<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml,v 1.288 2007/04/21 17:26:17 petere Exp $ --> <chapter id="installation"> <title><![%standalone-include[<productname>PostgreSQL</>]]> @@ -911,6 +911,19 @@ su - postgres </varlistentry> <varlistentry> + <term><option>--with-ossp-uuid</option></term> + <listitem> + <para> + Build with the <ulink + url="http://www.ossp.org/pkg/lib/uuid/">OSSP UUID + library</ulink>. This is necessary for the contrib module + <literal>uuid-ossp</literal> which provides functions to + generate UUIDs.<indexterm><primary>UUID</primary></indexterm> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> <term><option>--with-libxml</option></term> <listitem> <para> |