9.14. UUID Functions #
Postgres Pro includes one function to generate a UUID:
gen_random_uuid
() →uuid
This function returns a version 4 (random) UUID. This is the most commonly used type of UUID and is appropriate for most applications.
The uuid-ossp module provides additional functions that implement other standard algorithms for generating UUIDs.
Postgres Pro also provides the usual comparison operators shown in Table 9.1 for UUIDs.