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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml index 35ecd48ed5d..9b6d6878eb0 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml @@ -4195,16 +4195,8 @@ a0ee-bc99-9c0b-4ef8-bb6d-6bb9-bd38-0a11 </para> <para> - <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> provides storage and comparison - functions for UUIDs, but the core database does not include any - function for generating UUIDs, because no single algorithm is well - suited for every application. The <xref - linkend="uuid-ossp"/> module - provides functions that implement several standard algorithms. - The <xref linkend="pgcrypto"/> module also provides a generation - function for random UUIDs. - Alternatively, UUIDs could be generated by client applications or - other libraries invoked through a server-side function. + See <xref linkend="functions-uuid"/> for how to generate a UUID in + <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>. </para> </sect1> |