From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: eike.send@gmail.com
Cc: pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: gen_random_uuid is only available with pgcrypto enabled
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2023 15:03:37 -0500
Message-ID: <2313457.1674590617@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <167456856827.2667301.17320033941826046414@wrigleys.postgresql.org>
References: <167456856827.2667301.17320033941826046414@wrigleys.postgresql.org>
PG Doc comments form <noreply@postgresql.org> writes:
> Regarding the documentation on this page:
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/15/functions-uuid.html> It think the documentation should state clearly, that postgres natively does
> not have any UUID generation functions.
That hasn't been true since we added gen_random_uuid() to the
core code in v13. pgcrypto's version is now just a deprecated
wrapper for that.
regards, tom lane
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