8.7. UUID Functions

8.7.1. CHAR_TO_UUID()

Converts a string UUID to its binary representation

Result typeBINARY(16)

Syntax 

  |CHAR_TO_UUID (ascii_uuid)

Table 8.70. CHAR_TO_UUID Function Parameter
ParameterDescription

ascii_uuid

A 36-character representation of UUID. - (hyphen) in positions 9, 14, 19 and 24; valid hexadecimal digits in any other positions, e.g. 'A0bF4E45-3029-2a44-D493-4998c9b439A3'

Converts a human-readable 36-char UUID string to the corresponding 16-byte UUID.

8.7.1.1. CHAR_TO_UUID Examples

  |select char_to_uuid('A0bF4E45-3029-2a44-D493-4998c9b439A3') from rdb$database
  |-- returns A0BF4E4530292A44D4934998C9B439A3 (16-byte string)
  | 
  |select char_to_uuid('A0bF4E45-3029-2A44-X493-4998c9b439A3') from rdb$database
  |-- error: -Human readable UUID argument for CHAR_TO_UUID must
  |--         have hex digit at position 20 instead of "X (ASCII 88)"

See alsoSection 8.7.3, “UUID_TO_CHAR()”, Section 8.7.2, “GEN_UUID()”

8.7.2. GEN_UUID()

Generates a random binary UUID

Result typeBINARY(16)

Syntax 

  |GEN_UUID ()

Returns a universally unique ID as a 16-byte character string.

8.7.2.1. GEN_UUID Example

  |select gen_uuid() from rdb$database
  |-- returns e.g. 017347BFE212B2479C00FA4323B36320 (16-byte string)

See alsoSection 8.7.3, “UUID_TO_CHAR()”, Section 8.7.1, “CHAR_TO_UUID()”

8.7.3. UUID_TO_CHAR()

Converts a binary UUID to its string representation

Result typeCHAR(36)

Syntax 

  |UUID_TO_CHAR (uuid)

Table 8.71. UUID_TO_CHAR Function Parameters
ParameterDescription

uuid

16-byte UUID

Converts a 16-byte UUID to its 36-character, human-readable ASCII representation.

8.7.3.1. UUID_TO_CHAR Examples

  |select uuid_to_char(x'876C45F4569B320DBCB4735AC3509E5F') from rdb$database
  |-- returns '876C45F4-569B-320D-BCB4-735AC3509E5F'
  | 
  |select uuid_to_char(gen_uuid()) from rdb$database
  |-- returns e.g. '680D946B-45FF-DB4E-B103-BB5711529B86'
  | 
  |select uuid_to_char('Firebird swings!') from rdb$database
  |-- returns '46697265-6269-7264-2073-77696E677321'

See alsoSection 8.7.1, “CHAR_TO_UUID()”, Section 8.7.2, “GEN_UUID()”