Top "Guid" questions

How are .NET 4 GUIDs generated?

I am aware of the multitude of questions here as well as Raymond's excellent (as usual) post. However, since the …

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Storing MySQL GUID/UUIDs

This is the best way I could come up with to convert a MySQL GUID/UUID generated by UUID() to …

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What is COM?

I searched hard, but was unable to grasp the whole idea. Can anyone tell me: What COM actually is? How …

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Is there a method to generate a standard 128bit GUID (UUID) on the Mac?

Is there a built in function equivalent to .NET's Guid.NewGuid(); in Cocoa? My desire is to produce a string …

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WIX Autogenerate GUID *?

Let's say I generate my WIX XML file with a Product Id of *. Also for each Component GUID I use …

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What is the most efficient way to encode an arbitrary GUID into readable ASCII (33-127)?

The standard string representation of GUID takes about 36 characters. Which is very nice, but also really wasteful. I am wondering, …

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How Random is System.Guid.NewGuid()? (Take two)

Before you start marking this as a duplicate, read me out. The other question has a (most likely) incorrect accepted …

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Is there any point in specifying a Guid when using ComVisible(false)?

When you create a new C# project in Visual Studio, the generated AssemblyInfo.cs file includes an attribute specifying an …

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Is Guid considered a value type or reference type?

Guids are created using the new keyword which makes me think it's a reference type. Is this correct? Guid uid = …

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Is it good idea to remove dash from a GUID?

I have code which replaces the dash with empty strings in a GUID. Replace(System.Guid.NewGuid.ToString, "-", "") Would …

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