2 points | by viviansolide 5 hours ago ago
2 comments
Consider storage requirements. Strings (ASCII? UTF-8?) are not as efficient as integers or UUIDs. You're not storing UUIDs as strings, are you? They are binary, only converted to the string expansion for display and/or export.
Unless you're doing math with them for some reason, they're strings.
Consider storage requirements. Strings (ASCII? UTF-8?) are not as efficient as integers or UUIDs. You're not storing UUIDs as strings, are you? They are binary, only converted to the string expansion for display and/or export.
Unless you're doing math with them for some reason, they're strings.