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Postgres PL/pgSQL function for UUID v7 and a bonus custom UUID v8 to support microsecond precision as well. Read more here: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-peabody-dispatch-new-uuid-format/
-- Based off IETF draft, https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-peabody-dispatch-new-uuid-format/
create or replace function uuid_generate_v7()
returns uuid
as $$
begin
-- use random v4 uuid as starting point (which has the same variant we need)
-- then overlay timestamp
-- then set version 7 by flipping the 2 and 1 bit in the version 4 string
return encode(
set_bit(
set_bit(
overlay(uuid_send(gen_random_uuid())
placing substring(int8send(floor(extract(epoch from clock_timestamp()) * 1000)::bigint) from 3)
from 1 for 6
),
52, 1
),
53, 1
),
'hex')::uuid;
end
$$
language plpgsql
volatile;
-- Generate a custom UUID v8 with microsecond precision
create or replace function uuid_generate_v8()
returns uuid
as $$
declare
timestamp timestamptz;
microseconds int;
begin
timestamp = clock_timestamp();
microseconds = (cast(extract(microseconds from timestamp)::int - (floor(extract(milliseconds from timestamp))::int * 1000) as double precision) * 4.096)::int;
-- use random v4 uuid as starting point (which has the same variant we need)
-- then overlay timestamp
-- then set version 8 and add microseconds
return encode(
set_byte(
set_byte(
overlay(uuid_send(gen_random_uuid())
placing substring(int8send(floor(extract(epoch from timestamp) * 1000)::bigint) from 3)
from 1 for 6
),
6, (b'1000' || (microseconds >> 8)::bit(4))::bit(8)::int
),
7, microseconds::bit(8)::int
),
'hex')::uuid;
end
$$
language plpgsql
volatile;
PERFORMANCE: Move from pgcrypto to built-in gen_random_uuid():
Curtis Summers (https://github.com/csummers)
PERFORMANCE: Use set_bit to upgrade v4 to v7, not set_byte:
PERFORMANCE: Reduce local variable use while still being maintainable
Rolf Timmermans (https://github.com/rolftimmermans)
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kjmph commented Apr 23, 2024

Hello @ardabeyazoglu, it is a bit of a subtle answer. Earlier drafts of UUIDv7 contained sub-second precision bits in the format, that an implementation MAY use. UUIDv8 was for all custom usage that was implementation controlled. Current versions of the draft made UUIDv7 only for millisecond precision, and all sub-millisecond precision was moved to UUIDv8 for custom formats. The implementation attached to this draft for UUIDv7 conforms to the current drafts, while the UUIDv8 in this gist conforms to old UUIDv7 with microsecond precision.

The gist you linked to was an old UUIDv7 implementation with microsecond precision. If you want to compare apples to apples, please compare uuid_generate_v8 in this gist to the other implementation for performance analysis.

Note, uuid_generate_v7 in this gist is sorted in your example query. It is generating that many UUIDs per millisecond that they look unordered in the test query. As Rolf indicated.

Thanks @rolftimmermans for answering these questions, thought I would provide more color if this helpful.

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Thanks for detailed clarification @kjmph, I also saw the difference after reading the codes carefully.

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