Answer by eezing for Is there any difference between a GUID and a UUID?
One difference between GUID in SQL Server and UUID in PostgreSQL is letter case; SQL Server outputs upper while PostgreSQL outputs lower.The hexadecimal values "a" through "f" are output as lower case...
View ArticleAnswer by Tony Arcieri for Is there any difference between a GUID and a UUID?
GUID has longstanding usage in areas where it isn't necessarily a 128-bit value in the same way as a UUID. For example, the RSS specification defines GUIDs to be any string of your choosing, as long as...
View ArticleAnswer by Hoylen for Is there any difference between a GUID and a UUID?
The simple answer is: no difference, they are the same thing.For most practical purposes, treat them as 16 byte (128 bits) values that are used as a unique identifier. In Microsoft-speak they are...
View ArticleAnswer by Mark Cidade for Is there any difference between a GUID and a UUID?
Not really. GUID is more Microsoft-centric whereas UUID is used more widely (e.g., as in the urn:uuid: URN scheme, and in CORBA).
View ArticleAnswer by bdukes for Is there any difference between a GUID and a UUID?
GUID is Microsoft's implementation of the UUID standard.Per Wikipedia:The term GUID usually refers to Microsoft's implementation of the Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) standard.An updated quote...
View ArticleIs there any difference between a GUID and a UUID?
I see these two acronyms being thrown around and I was wondering if there are any differences between a GUID and a UUID?
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