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0 pointstossandthrow26d ago0 comments

I use the null uuid as primary key - never had any DB scaling issues.

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Yeah, no NULL is ever equal to any other NULL, so they are basically unique.

Groxx26d ago

You are also guaranteed to be able to retrieve your data, just query for '... is null'. No complicated logic needed!

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Yeah, no NULL is ever equal to any other NULL, so they are basically unique.

Groxx26d ago

You are also guaranteed to be able to retrieve your data, just query for '... is null'. No complicated logic needed!

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