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Qasim
Qasim

Reputation: 1580

Can I get shorter UUIDs in RethinkDB?

Is there a way to get shorter unique IDs for entries in RethinkDB?

We have a URL scheme where <url>/:ID URLs get very long with the default ID

Their docs don't seem to talk about this... https://rethinkdb.com/api/javascript/uuid/

Upvotes: 0

Views: 79

Answers (2)

Bopsi
Bopsi

Reputation: 2424

RethinkDB will by default use uuid as id . If you want a shorter id, handle it from your application side. Before inserting set id value. Be careful with your id generation logic, if it conflicts with existing ids in your table, it will overwrite them.

Upvotes: 0

Stock Overflaw
Stock Overflaw

Reputation: 3321

According to the linked documentation, we should read Wikipedia's article for UUID. Which starts said article with: A universally unique identifier (UUID) is a 128-bit number [...]. So I guess that no: UUID is a fixed-length thing. (Yeah, I learnt something too here.)

Upvotes: 1

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