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toc_priority: 53
toc_title: Working with UUID
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# Functions for Working with UUID {#functions-for-working-with-uuid}
The functions for working with UUID are listed below.
## generateUUIDv4 {#uuid-function-generate}
Generates the [UUID](../../sql-reference/data-types/uuid.md) of [version 4](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4122#section-4.4).
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``` sql
generateUUIDv4()
```
**Returned value**
The UUID type value.
**Usage example**
This example demonstrates creating a table with the UUID type column and inserting a value into the table.
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``` sql
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CREATE TABLE t_uuid (x UUID) ENGINE=TinyLog
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INSERT INTO t_uuid SELECT generateUUIDv4()
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SELECT * FROM t_uuid
```
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``` text
┌────────────────────────────────────x─┐
│ f4bf890f-f9dc-4332-ad5c-0c18e73f28e9 │
└──────────────────────────────────────┘
```
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## toUUID (x) {#touuid-x}
Converts String type value to UUID type.
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``` sql
toUUID(String)
```
**Returned value**
The UUID type value.
**Usage example**
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``` sql
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SELECT toUUID('61f0c404-5cb3-11e7-907b-a6006ad3dba0') AS uuid
```
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``` text
┌─────────────────────────────────uuid─┐
│ 61f0c404-5cb3-11e7-907b-a6006ad3dba0 │
└──────────────────────────────────────┘
```
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## UUIDStringToNum {#uuidstringtonum}
Accepts a string containing 36 characters in the format `xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx`, and returns it as a set of bytes in a [FixedString(16)](../../sql-reference/data-types/fixedstring.md).
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``` sql
UUIDStringToNum(String)
```
**Returned value**
FixedString(16)
**Usage examples**
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``` sql
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SELECT
'612f3c40-5d3b-217e-707b-6a546a3d7b29' AS uuid,
UUIDStringToNum(uuid) AS bytes
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```
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``` text
┌─uuid─────────────────────────────────┬─bytes────────────┐
│ 612f3c40-5d3b-217e-707b-6a546a3d7b29 │ a/<@];!~p{jTj={) │
└──────────────────────────────────────┴──────────────────┘
```
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## UUIDNumToString {#uuidnumtostring}
Accepts a [FixedString(16)](../../sql-reference/data-types/fixedstring.md) value, and returns a string containing 36 characters in text format.
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``` sql
UUIDNumToString(FixedString(16))
```
**Returned value**
String.
**Usage example**
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``` sql
SELECT
'a/<@];!~p{jTj={)' AS bytes,
UUIDNumToString(toFixedString(bytes, 16)) AS uuid
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```
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``` text
┌─bytes────────────┬─uuid─────────────────────────────────┐
│ a/<@];!~p{jTj={) │ 612f3c40-5d3b-217e-707b-6a546a3d7b29 │
└──────────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────┘
```
## See Also {#see-also}
- [dictGetUUID](ext-dict-functions.md#ext_dict_functions-other)
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