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uuid_has_hyphens option [database]

Controls the formatting of unique identifier values when they are converted to strings.

On, Off

On

When the uuid_has_hyphens option is set to On, the resulting strings contain four hyphens. For example, 12345678-1234-1234-1234-1234567890ab. With this option set to Off, the hyphens are omitted from the string. The database server supports UUID strings both with and without hyphens when converting a string to a unique identifier value.

• UNIQUEIDENTIFIER data type