Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Development:
Progress 4GL Reference

GUID function

Converts a universally unique identifier (UUID) value into a globally unique identifier (GUID) value. This function returns a GUID as a 36-character string value consisting of 32 hexadecimal digits (0 through 9 and A through F) and 4 hyphens formatted as follows (where X is a hexadecimal digit): XXXXXXXX—XXXX—XXXX—XXXX—XXXXXXXXXXXX

Syntax

GUID( [ UUID ] )

UUID

An optional 16-byte raw UUID value to be converted. If the specified UUID is not exactly 16 bytes in length, Progress returns the Unknown value (?). If not specified, Progress generates a UUID and then converts it into a GUID.

Example

The following code fragment illustrates how to use the GUID function:

DEFINE VARIABLE MyUUID as RAW. DEFINE VARIABLE vGUID as CHARACTER. MyUUID = GENERATE-UUID. vGUID = GUID(MyUUID).

See also

GENERATE-UUID function