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Available in: DSQL, PSQL
Added in: 2.1
Description: Returns a universally unique ID as a 16-byte character string.
Result type: CHAR(16) CHARACTER SET OCTETS
Syntax:
GEN_UUID ()
Example:
select gen_uuid() from rdb$database -- returns e.g. 017347BFE212B2479C00FA4323B36320 (16-byte string)
See also: UUID_TO_CHAR(), CHAR_TO_UUID()
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