uuid-ossp is a contrib module providing functions to generate UUIDs using one of several standard algorithms. It supports the BSD and e2fsprogs UUID libraries (PostgreSQL 9.4 and later) as well as the OSSP UUID library.
uuid-ossp was added in PostgreSQL 8.3 (commit 74496bc2).
Change history
- PostgreSQL 13
- marked as a
trusted extension(commit eb67623c)
- marked as a
- PostgreSQL 9.4
- support for BSD and e2fsprogs
UUIDlibraries added (commit b8cc8f94)
- support for BSD and e2fsprogs
- PostgreSQL 8.3
- added (commit 74496bc2)
References
- PostgreSQL documentation: uuid-ossp