@@ -113,6 +113,8 @@ sortable (like :ref:`ULIDs <ulid>`). It's more efficient for database indexing
113113 It's recommended to use UUIDv7 instead of UUIDv6 because it provides
114114 better entropy.
115115
116+ .. _uid-uuid-v7 :
117+
116118**UUID v7 ** (UNIX timestamp)
117119
118120Generates time-ordered UUIDs based on a high-resolution Unix Epoch timestamp
@@ -332,6 +334,14 @@ entity primary keys::
332334 // ...
333335 }
334336
337+ .. caution ::
338+
339+ Using UUIDs as primary keys is usually not recommended for performance reasons:
340+ indexes are slower and take more space (because UUIDs in binary format take
341+ 128 bits instead of 32/64 bits for auto-incremental integers) and the non-sequential
342+ nature of UUIDs fragments indexes. :ref: `UUID v7 <uid-uuid-v7 >` is the only
343+ variant that solves the fragmentation issue (but the index size issue remains).
344+
335345When using built-in Doctrine repository methods (e.g. ``findOneBy() ``), Doctrine
336346knows how to convert these UUID types to build the SQL query
337347(e.g. ``->findOneBy(['user' => $user->getUuid()]) ``). However, when using DQL
@@ -510,9 +520,15 @@ entity primary keys::
510520 }
511521
512522 // ...
513-
514523 }
515524
525+ .. caution ::
526+
527+ Using ULIDs as primary keys is usually not recommended for performance reasons.
528+ Although ULIDs don't suffer from index fragmentation issues (because the values
529+ are sequential), their indexes are slower and take more space (because ULIDs
530+ in binary format take 128 bits instead of 32/64 bits for auto-incremental integers).
531+
516532When using built-in Doctrine repository methods (e.g. ``findOneBy() ``), Doctrine
517533knows how to convert these ULID types to build the SQL query
518534(e.g. ``->findOneBy(['user' => $user->getUlid()]) ``). However, when using DQL
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