Обсуждение: pgcrypto.gen_random_uuid() or uuid-ossp.uuid_generate_v4()?
Hi all I consider using uuid as primary key type. The documentation of uuid-ossp states (https://www.postgresql.org/docs/10/static/uuid-ossp.html#idm46428633607040) makes a note to consider the pgcrypto function instead but not why. Can somebody shed some light on that matter? Kind regards Thiemo -- Öffentlicher PGP-Schlüssel: http://pgp.mit.edu/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x8F70EFD2D972CBEF ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.
In my testing, gen_random_uuid() is quite a bit faster than uuid_generate_v4().
Re: pgcrypto.gen_random_uuid() or uuid-ossp.uuid_generate_v4()?
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"Thiemo Kellner, NHC Barhufpflege"
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> In my testing, gen_random_uuid() is quite a bit faster than > uuid_generate_v4(). Thx for sharing your experience. -- Öffentlicher PGP-Schlüssel: http://pgp.mit.edu/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x8F70EFD2D972CBEF ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.
Thiemo Kellner <thiemo@gelassene-pferde.biz> writes: > I consider using uuid as primary key type. The documentation of > uuid-ossp states > (https://www.postgresql.org/docs/10/static/uuid-ossp.html#idm46428633607040) > makes a note to consider the pgcrypto function instead but not why. > Can somebody shed some light on that matter? I believe the point of the recommendation is that if you only need type-4 UUIDs, you can get that from pgcrypto without needing the external dependency of the OSSP UUID library. This is a bit less urgent than when that text was written, because now we also support building that contrib module against some other implementations; but there are still going to be systems on which installing uuid-ossp is inconvenient. There may also be a belief that pgcrypto's result is more cryptographically secure, though I wouldn't swear to that. regards, tom lane
Re: pgcrypto.gen_random_uuid() or uuid-ossp.uuid_generate_v4()?
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"Thiemo Kellner, NHC Barhufpflege"
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Zitat von Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>: > I believe the point of the recommendation is that if you only need type-4 > UUIDs, you can get that from pgcrypto without needing the external > dependency of the OSSP UUID library. This is a bit less urgent than when > that text was written, because now we also support building that contrib > module against some other implementations; but there are still going to > be systems on which installing uuid-ossp is inconvenient. > > There may also be a belief that pgcrypto's result is more > cryptographically secure, though I wouldn't swear to that. Thanks for the light :-) Kind regards Thiemo -- Öffentlicher PGP-Schlüssel: http://pgp.mit.edu/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x8F70EFD2D972CBEF ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.