PostgreSQL Extension to generate various type of Unique IDS.

1. Supported IDs

1. NanoId

2. Ksuid

3. Ulid

2. Installation

2.1. Installation on non docker environment

2.1.1. Install rust through rustup.

curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh

2.1.2. Prepare your postgres installation 2.1.3. Install pgx

cargo install cargo-pgx

2.1.4. Initialize pgx for the postgres version you have already installed

Handle the number accordingly.

cargo pgx init --pg14 $(which pg_config)

2.1.5. Install the extension

git clone https://github.com/spa5k/uids-postgres \
&& cd uids-postgres \
&& cargo pgx install

2.2 Installation on docker environment

Check the included Dockerfile for the installation template.

3. Functions available

3.0. Enable the extension

CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS uids;

3.1. KSUID -

1. Generate a new KSUID

select generate_ksuid();

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28KKKI8lpDkK2lHbAdWdgJYoLWF

2. Generate a KSUID bytes.

select generate_ksuid_bytes();

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\x0ef557bc9b5b8027f222e2b32ed65e91b6bb8eb6

3.2. NanoId -

1. Generate a new NanoId with default size of 21

select generate_nanoid();

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FfuwjZHjS5j5rATHVyl8M

2. Generate a NanoId with a custom size

select generate_nanoid_length(10);

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V2D2D7-dnw

3. Generate a NanoId with a custom alphabets with length of 21

-- Length of the nanoid is first argument, while the alphabets one is second.
select generate_nanoid_c('1234567890abcdef');

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6df80ad84587f4a20838c

4. Generate a NanoId with a custom alphabets and custom length

-- Length of the nanoid is first argument, while the alphabets one is second.
select generate_nanoid_length_c(10, '1234567890abcdef');

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050487bff0

3.3. Ulid -

1. Generate a new Ulid

select generate_ulid();

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01G1JE4GXWC1A9PXHG0SXQDE1J

2. Generate Ulid bytes

select generate_ulid_bytes();

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\x018064e2bff9e6bb876aa8948e50d9c6

3. Generate Ulid from a custom string

select generate_ulid_from_string('01CAT3X5Y5G9A62F1rFA6Tnice');

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01CAT3X5Y5G9A62F1RFA6TN1CE