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GUIDs as fast primary keys under multiple databases

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15 Mar 2013CPOL20 min read 268.9K   174  
Using the right approach can make GUIDs nearly as fast as integer primary keys on almost any database system.

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Jeremy Todd is a database administrator and lead web programmer for the College of Agricultural, Communications, and Environmental Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He enjoys work, fun, and talking about himself in the third person.

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