CREATE SEQUENCE table_id_seq increment by 1 maxvalue 99999999 minvalue 1 start 1 cycle; CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION snow_next_id(OUT result bigint) AS $$ DECLARE our_epoch bigint := 1314220021721; seq_id bigint; now_millis bigint; shard_id int := 5; BEGIN seq_id := nextval('table_id_seq') % 1024; SELECT FLOOR(EXTRACT(EPOCH FROM clock_timestamp()) * 1000) INTO now_millis; result := (now_millis - our_epoch) << 23; result := result | (shard_id << 10); result := result | (seq_id); END; $$ LANGUAGE PLPGSQL;