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SQLServerDBA_Dan
Aged Yak Warrior
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 Posted - 2005-08-25 : 11:55:39
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| Maybe I'm blind but I can't seem to find any documentation that says specifically what a uniqueidentifier data type is stored in the database as.INT = 4 bytesBIGINT = 8 bytesSMALLINT = 2 bytesDATETIME = 8 bytes (2x4INT)UNIQUEIDENTIFIER = ?Thanks,Daniel |
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Kristen
Test
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Posted - 2005-08-25 : 12:26:26
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SELECT LEN(CAST(NewID() as varbinary(1000))) Kristen |
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Michael Valentine Jones
Yak DBA Kernel (pronounced Colonel)
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Posted - 2005-08-25 : 13:30:43
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| It's stored internally in a 16 byte column.Think of it as a really big integer that you can't do any math operations with.CODO ERGO SUM |
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madhivanan
Premature Yak Congratulator
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Posted - 2005-08-26 : 02:07:18
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| >>SELECT LEN(CAST(NewID() as varbinary(1000)))Kris, Any reason you used 1000It seems to work for any number greater than 15MadhivananFailing to plan is Planning to fail |
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Kristen
Test
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Posted - 2005-08-26 : 02:27:35
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| Just to make sure it was "big enough"Kristen |
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What is the uniqueidentifier data type stored as?