Re: UUID generation problem

On 10/2/20 3:08 PM, James B. Byrne wrote:
> I have a FreeBSD-12.1p10 system running postgreSQL-11.8. This is a test
> platform for Idempiere.  When creating a new client in Idempiere I get this
> error message:
> 
> ** org.postgresql.util.PSQLException: ERROR: function uuid_generate_v4() does
> not exist Hint: No function matches the given name and argument types. You
> might need to add explicit type casts. Where: PL/pgSQL function generate_uuid()
> line 3 at RETURN
> 
> This usually means that the uuid-ossp extension is not active in the database.
> However, I previously installed this and psql shows that it is present:
> 
> sudo -u postgres psql --dbname=idempiere
> psql (11.8)
> Type "help" for help.
> 
> idempiere=# \dx
>                              List of installed extensions
>     Name    | Version |   Schema   |                   Description
> -----------+---------+------------+-------------------------------------------------
>   plpgsql   | 1.0     | pg_catalog | PL/pgSQL procedural language
>   uuid-ossp | 1.1     | public     | generate universally unique identifiers
> (UUIDs)
> 
> The owner of the idempiere database is idempiere_dbadmin and this is the user
> that is attempting to generate the UUID.
> 
> idempiere=# \l
>                                        List of databases
>          Name         |       Owner       | Encoding | Collate | Ctype |
> Access privileges
> ---------------------+-------------------+----------+---------+-------+-----------------------
>   idempiere           | idempiere_dbadmin | UTF8     | C       | C     |
> 
> What is the problem?

Per comment over at SO, have you run uuid_generate_v4()/generate_uuid(). 
in psql to see if it is there and works?

> 
> 


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Adrian Klaver
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