Why do distributed engines like UUIDs? | What is a Database (Pt. 7)

Описание: How come when people start talking about a distributed database, does the subject of a UUID come up? What is a UUID? Why is it needed? Can't we just use sequence same as before?

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Greg L. Turnquist worked on the Spring team for over thirteen years before he joined Cockroach Labs as a technical content engineer. He was the lead developer for Spring Data JPA, Spring Web Services, and a committer to multiple Spring portfolio projects. He wrote Packt's best-selling title, Learning Spring Boot 2.0 2nd Edition, and its 3rd Edition follow-up along with many others including 12 Rules for Pro Coders. He co-founded the Nashville Java User Group in 2010 and hasn't met a query (yet) that he can't speed up.

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WHAT IS A DATABASE? is a book written by Greg L. Turnquist and published by Mountain Summit Press, LLC © 2024 (ISBN 978-1956410433). Permission is granted to Cockroach Labs in perpetuity to create this derivative work, a video series What Is A Database?