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Primary keys in sharded databases

Guaranteeing globally unique BIGSERIAL primary keys across shards using Postgres's satisfies_hash_partition function, with no UUIDs and no external ID generation services.

By Lev KokotovPgDog Blog
Primary keys in sharded databases

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Originally published by PgDog Blog on Sep 3, 2025.

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