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PostgreSQL Snowflake ID Generator Function
CREATE SEQUENCE IF NOT EXISTS public.global_id_sequence;
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION id_generator(OUT result BIGINT) AS $$
DECLARE
epoch BIGINT := 1610850820000;
seq_id BIGINT;
now_millis BIGINT;
shard_id INT := 1;
BEGIN
SELECT nextval('public.global_id_sequence') % 1024 INTO seq_id;
SELECT FLOOR(EXTRACT(EPOCH FROM clock_timestamp()) * 1000) INTO now_millis;
result := (now_millis - epoch) << 23;
result := result | (shard_id << 10);
result := result | (seq_id);
END;
$$ LANGUAGE PLPGSQL;
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