Re: Insert UUID GEN 4 Value

On Thu, May 31, 2018 at 11:53 AM, tango ward <tangoward15(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> On Thu, May 31, 2018 at 11:51 AM, Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at>
> wrote:
>
>> tango ward wrote:
>> > I found this:
>> >
>> > CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS "uuid-ossp";
>> > SELECT uuid_generate_v4();
>> >
>> > My problem is I have a table like this:
>> > CREATE TABLE enrollmentinfo (
>> > id integer NOT NULL,
>> > created timestamp with time zone NOT NULL,
>> > modified timestamp with time zone NOT NULL,
>> > secure_id uuid NOT NULL,
>> > relationship character varying(50) NOT NULL,
>> > tuition_bill character varying(255) NOT NULL
>> > );
>> >
>> > Now I need to insert data into this table, I just don't know if I can
>> use something like this
>> > "INSERT INTO enrollmentinfo (current_timestamp, current_timestamp,
>> uuid_generate_v4(), '', '');
>> > I haven't tried this but also not sure if I can call the function
>> inside INSERT.
>>
>> Why didn't you try it?
>>
>> I see no problem with that.
>>
>> Yours,
>> Laurenz Albe
>> --
>> Cybertec | https://www.cybertec-postgresql.com
>>
>>
>
> Okay I will try it.
>

When I tried it, I am getting an error: Invalid input syntax for UUID:
uuid_generate_v4(),