UUIDs are basically 16 byte long byte fields. They can be displayed as 128 0s and 1s bits, two loooooong signed decimal (long) integers, a 32 character hexidecimal number, or 24 character base 58 number. I'd like a field of type uuid that I could filter on. Shojld I use a string type? I will be …

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