Updated DDL for SQL backend

[Derek Atkins]

Quoting Benoit Gregoire <bock at step.polymtl.ca>:

>> > Fair enough, it's fixed length.  But it will make for really ugly SQL for
>> > JOINS, with the only benefit of saving four bytes.  I think using a
>> > varbinary is much preferable (and just as portable).
>>
>> Or a varchar(32) and the hexstring...  Just as portable and actually
>> human-readable (and human-enterable).   Not that I'm biased or anything
>> ;)
>
> I just didn't dare suggest it ;)

Eh, it's okay..   That's why I did.   Another benefit of using the
hexstring instead of four integers -- it makes it easy for a human
to compare the DB contents to an XML file.   And honestly, I can't
imagine the performance is going to be SO BAD that it'll be an issue.

-derek

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