[Progress Communities] [Progress OpenEdge ABL] Comment on Need datatype for efficient usage of GUID unique ID

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I generally dislike GUIDs as they are "fat" and too often used where simple (smaller) integers would be the smarter choice. Sadly the horse is out of the barn; the common usage we're seeing from integrations would already make a specific GUID type useful. Even if only used as external identifier or cross-reference it suggests the need for an index-able binary GUID type. As it stands now we find ourselves creating indexes on 36/40 character fields.

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