PostgreSQL UUID

Issue type:

[ ] question [ ] bug report [x] feature request [ ] documentation issue

Database system/driver:

[ ] cordova [ ] mongodb [ ] mssql [ ] mysql / mariadb [ ] oracle [x] postgres [ ] sqlite [ ] sqljs [ ] react-native [ ] expo

TypeORM version:

[ ] latest [ ] @next [x] 0.2.8 (or put your version here)

Steps to reproduce or a small repository showing the problem:

Historically this module depended on the OSSP UUID library, which accounts for the module’s name. While the OSSP UUID library can still be found at http://www.ossp.org/pkg/lib/uuid/, it is not well maintained, and is becoming increasingly difficult to port to newer platforms.

If you only need randomly-generated (version 4) UUIDs, consider using the gen_random_uuid() function from the pgcrypto module instead.

Source.

So, when @PrimaryGeneratedColumn(‘uuid’) used, seems it’s recommended to use another extension.

By the way, how to change the name of constraint that PrimaryGeneratedColumn create?

[typokign]

@GitStorageOne I know this is super late but this is fixed in v0.2.15 - you can now specify uuidExtension: 'pgcrypto' in your Postgres connection settings.

[benjaminudoh10]

This fixed the issue for me: CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS "uuid-ossp";