Primary key in MySQL: INT(n) or UUID as varchar(36)

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Published on 2010-04-18T21:10:17Z Indexed on 2010/04/18 21:13 UTC
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Does it make sense to use UUID as primary key in MySQL?

What would be pros and cons of using UUID instead of regular INT, beside trouble of hand querying?

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