diff --git a/4dev/database/function/edit_set_access_uid.sql b/4dev/database/function/edit_set_access_uid.sql
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+-- add uid add for edit_access table
+
+CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION set_edit_access_uid() RETURNS TRIGGER AS 
+$$
+	DECLARE
+		myrec RECORD;
+		v_uid VARCHAR;
+	BEGIN
+		-- skip if NEW.name is not set
+		IF NEW.name IS NOT NULL AND NEW.name <> '' THEN
+			-- use NEW.name as base, remove all spaces
+			-- name data is already unique, so we do not need to worry about this here
+			v_uid := REPLACE(NEW.name, ' ', '');
+			IF TG_OP = 'INSERT' THEN
+				-- always set
+				NEW.uid := v_uid;
+			ELSIF TG_OP = 'UPDATE' THEN
+				-- check if not set, then set
+				SELECT INTO myrec t.* FROM edit_access t WHERE edit_access_id = NEW.edit_access_id;
+				IF FOUND THEN
+					NEW.uid := v_uid;
+				END IF;
+			END IF;
+		END IF;
+		RETURN NEW;
+	END;
+$$
+	LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';
diff --git a/4dev/database/trigger/trg_set_edit_access_uid.sql b/4dev/database/trigger/trg_set_edit_access_uid.sql
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+-- DROP TRIGGER trg_set_edit_access_uid ON edit_access;
+CREATE TRIGGER trg_set_edit_access_uid
+BEFORE INSERT OR UPDATE ON edit_access
+FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE PROCEDURE set_edit_access_uid();