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Allow uuid_in() to parse a wider variety of variant input formats for the UUID

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data type.  This patch takes the approach of allowing an optional hyphen after
each group of four hex digits.

Author: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
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Peter Eisentraut
2008-11-03 22:14:40 +00:00
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doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
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<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml,v 1.230 2008/10/14 17:12:32 tgl Exp $ -->
<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml,v 1.231 2008/11/03 22:14:40 petere Exp $ -->
<chapter id="datatype">
<title id="datatype-title">Data Types</title>
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<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> also accepts the following
alternative forms for input:
use of upper-case digits, the standard format surrounded by
braces, and omitting the hyphens. Examples are:
braces, omitting some or all hyphens, adding a hyphen after any
group of four digits. Examples are:
<programlisting>
A0EEBC99-9C0B-4EF8-BB6D-6BB9BD380A11
{a0eebc99-9c0b-4ef8-bb6d-6bb9bd380a11}
a0eebc999c0b4ef8bb6d6bb9bd380a11
a0ee-bc99-9c0b-4ef8-bb6d-6bb9-bd38-0a11
{a0eebc99-9c0b4ef8-bb6d6bb9-bd380a11}
</programlisting>
Output is always in the standard form.
</para>