security.RandomGenerator.CreateUUIDString

Creates a new universal unique identifier (UUID).

Syntax

security.RandomGenerator.CreateUUIDString()
  RETURNING result STRING

result is the new generated UUID string.

Usage

Generates an universal unique identifier and returns the value as STRING.

The generated strings follows the UUID version 4 specification. Version 4 UUIDs have the form xxxxxxxx-xxxx-4xxx-yxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx where x is any hexadecimal digit and y is one of 8, 9, A, or B.

Note: This method replaces com.Util.CreateUUIDString().

In case of error, the method throws an exception and sets the STATUS variable. Depending on the error, a human-readable description of the problem is available in the SQLCA.SQLERRM register. See Error handling in GWS calls (STATUS).