Re: Pgcrypto (PostgreSQL 10) on Debain 9?

From: Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Raymond O'Donnell <rod(at)iol(dot)ie>
Cc: "Thiemo Kellner, NHC Barhufpflege" <thiemo(dot)kellner(at)gelassene-pferde(dot)biz>, pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Pgcrypto (PostgreSQL 10) on Debain 9?
Date: 2018-02-07 05:06:32
Message-ID: 20180207050632.GA1753@paquier.xyz
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On Tue, Feb 06, 2018 at 03:58:14PM +0000, Raymond O'Donnell wrote:
> On 06/02/18 13:25, Thiemo Kellner, NHC Barhufpflege wrote:
>> But why do I get following error?
>> ERROR: function gen_random_uuid() does not exist.
>> create table ENTITY (ID uuid not null default gen_random_uuid());
>
> Only a guess, but maybe you need to install the extension first? -
>
> create extension <whatever>;

For gen_random_uuid(), you need to enable pgcrypto:
create extension pgcrypto;
For a couple of other UUID-related functions, you need to enable
uuid-ossp:
create extension "uuid-ossp";
--
Michael

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