Converts a unique identifier value (UUID, also known as GUID) to a string value.
UUIDTOSTR ( uuid-expression )
uuid-expression A unique identifier value.
To convert a unique identifier value into a readable format, execute a query similar to:
CREATE TABLE T3 ( pk uniqueidentifier primary key,c1 int); INSERT INTO T3 (pk, c1) values (0x12345678123456789012123456789012, 1) SELECT UUIDTOSTR(pk) FROM T3
Converts a unique identifier to a string value in the format xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx, where x is a hexadecimal digit. If the binary value is not a valid unique identifier, NULL is returned.
“NEWID function [Miscellaneous]”
UNIQUEIDENTIFIER in “Binary data types”