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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: gen_random_uuid is only available with pgcrypto enabled
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Msg-id 2313457.1674590617@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to gen_random_uuid is only available with pgcrypto enabled  (PG Doc comments form <noreply@postgresql.org>)
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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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