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Re: UUID generation problem

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On 10/5/20 12:09 PM, James B. Byrne wrote:


On Mon, October 5, 2020 13:46, Adrian Klaver wrote:
The thing is, from upstream:

idempiere=# \df+ uuid_generate_v4

              List
of
functions
   Schema |       Name       | Result data type | Argument data types |
Type |
Volatility | Parallel |  Owner   | Security | Access privileges |
Language |
Source code    | Description
--------+------------------+------------------+---------------------+------+------------+----------+----------+----------+-------------------+----------+------------------+-------------
   public | uuid_generate_v4 | uuid             |                     |
func |
volatile   | safe     | postgres | invoker  |                   | c        |
uuid_generate_v4 |
(1 row)

This indicates that you created the extension as user 'postgres'.


Why would I not use the postgres user to create an extension?


The uuid-extension needs to be installed by a super user:

test(5432)=> select current_user;
 current_user
--------------
 aklaver


test(5432)=> create extension "uuid-ossp" ;
ERROR:  permission denied to create extension "uuid-ossp"
HINT:  Must be superuser to create this extension.

test(5432)=> \c - postgres
SSL connection (protocol: TLSv1.2, cipher: ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384, bits: 256, compression: off)
You are now connected to database "test" as user "postgres".
test(5432)=# create extension "uuid-ossp" ;
CREATE EXTENSION

So postgres is probably as good as any.

I was just pointing out that what you posted earlier:

2000 2020-09-11 16:15:17: psql -d idempiere -U adempiere -c 'CREATE EXTENSION
"uuid-ossp"'

2001 2020-09-11 16:17:08: su idempiere -c" psql -d idempiere -U adempiere -c
'CREATE EXTENSION "uuid-ossp"


does not match what you showed for the actual installed code:


idempiere=# \df+ uuid_generate_v4

            List
of
functions
Schema | Name | Result data type | Argument data types | Type | Volatility | Parallel | Owner | Security | Access privileges | Language |
Source code    | Description
--------+------------------+------------------+---------------------+------+------------+----------+----------+----------+-------------------+----------+------------------+-------------
public | uuid_generate_v4 | uuid | | func |
volatile   | safe     | postgres | invoker  |                   | c        |
uuid_generate_v4 |

NOTE: Owner = postgres.



--
Adrian Klaver
adrian.klaver@xxxxxxxxxxx





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