[Xapian-discuss] 128 bit Document IDs (Please don't hurt me)

[James Aylett]

On 9 Mar 2012, at 23:39, Shane Spencer wrote:

> Mapping a UUID (128 bit) or MongoDB ObjectID (96 bit) directly into
> the Xapian document space removes the need for referencing one or the
> other from one or both.  I see a common tendency to write a document
> to the Xapian, return the document ID, and then write to the database
> backing the document in some way.


Shane, have you considered adding your internal object id as a unique term? We have an FAQ on this <http://trac.xapian.org/wiki/FAQ/UniqueIds>.

J

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