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		Quekid5 88 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Exploring PostgreSQL 18's new UUIDv7 support I wonder if there is a name for such a mapping table in RDBMS-land...?

gigatexal 88 days ago [–]

We call them lookup or mapping tables.

Quekid5 80 days ago | [–]

I was thinking something a bit snappier and bit shorter... maybe an Index? Maybe it could be even maintained automatically by the database...

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