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The Problem with Using a UUID Primary Key in MySQL (planetscale.com)
3 points by rareitem 573 days ago
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One approach I didn't see discussed here is storing the UUID across 2 columns as 2 64 bit integers and forming a composite primary key. There's still tradeoffs with this as with all the methods but depending on use case it's viable way to do it.