----- Original Message -----
From: Brad Pepers
To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2004 6:47 PM
Subject: Re: [firebird-support] Who's using some GUID (Global Unique IDentifiers) in FB?


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Wouldn't it make sense to convert the GUID to/from base64 so you get 6 bits
per byte instead of 4 when using hex? That way your GUID's can be char(22)
instead of char(32) to hold 128 bits. It would save you ~1MB on the database
with 100,000 rows and more if you also have FK's.

I jsut spent five years on a rapid response/support team. Text is readable with any tool, and the standard format is instantly identifiable. Base64 could be anything.

At $1.00 per gigabyte at Office Depot, storage space is not worth as much as my time. If space was a consideration then I would agree, but 1MB is $0.001 worth of storage. It takes a lot of MB's to make up for the cost of my time.

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