Comments on: To GUID or not to GUID, on Oracle … http://ingol.nl/blog/2009/11/30/to-guid-or-not-to-guid-on-oracle/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:51:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: RC http://ingol.nl/blog/2009/11/30/to-guid-or-not-to-guid-on-oracle/comment-page-1/#comment-280 RC Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:51:39 +0000 http://ingol.nl/blog/?p=292#comment-280 I would do: create or replace function get_formatted_guid return varchar2 is l_raw raw(16) := sys_guid(); begin return '{' || SUBSTR(l_raw, 1, 8) || '-' || SUBSTR(l_raw, 9, 4) || '-' || SUBSTR(l_raw, 13, 4) || '-' || SUBSTR(l_raw, 17, 4) || '-' || SUBSTR(l_raw, 21) || '}' ; end; / I would do:

create or replace function get_formatted_guid
return varchar2
is
l_raw raw(16) := sys_guid();
begin
return ‘{‘ || SUBSTR(l_raw, 1, 8) ||
‘-’ || SUBSTR(l_raw, 9, 4) ||
‘-’ || SUBSTR(l_raw, 13, 4) ||
‘-’ || SUBSTR(l_raw, 17, 4) ||
‘-’ || SUBSTR(l_raw, 21) || ‘}’ ;
end;
/

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