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To use the full universal capability of the newid function, i have to convert every 2 digits(hex) of the 32 that the function returns, to one digit, and thus converting to a 16 digit guid.<br />
Can you help?
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To use the full universal capability of the newid function, i have to convert every 2 digits(hex) of the 32 that the function returns, to one digit, and thus converting to a 16 digit guid.
Can you help?

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I need to generate a 16 digits universal unique alphanumeric number.<br />
I tried to do it using newid() function &nbsp;and save it in a char(16) field but it doesn't work.<br />
Any other ideas?
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I need to generate a 16 digits universal unique alphanumeric number.
I tried to do it using newid() function  and save it in a char(16) field but it doesn't work.
Any other ideas?

Generate newid() uniqueidentifier as a  char(16) field

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