ClickHouse/docs/en/sql-reference/functions/uuid-functions.md
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Implement support for different UUID binary formats (#42108)
* Implement support for different UUID binary formats

* Declare error codes that the implementation uses

* Make single-argument constructor explicit

* Modernize parts of the solution

* Make improvements based on review comments

* Declare an error code being used
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---
slug: /en/sql-reference/functions/uuid-functions
sidebar_position: 53
sidebar_label: UUID
---
# Functions for Working with UUID
The functions for working with UUID are listed below.
## generateUUIDv4
Generates the [UUID](../data-types/uuid.md) of [version 4](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4122#section-4.4).
**Syntax**
``` sql
generateUUIDv4([x])
```
**Arguments**
- `x` — [Expression](../../sql-reference/syntax.md#syntax-expressions) resulting in any of the [supported data types](../../sql-reference/data-types/index.md#data_types). The resulting value is discarded, but the expression itself if used for bypassing [common subexpression elimination](../../sql-reference/functions/index.md#common-subexpression-elimination) if the function is called multiple times in one query. Optional parameter.
**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.
``` sql
CREATE TABLE t_uuid (x UUID) ENGINE=TinyLog
INSERT INTO t_uuid SELECT generateUUIDv4()
SELECT * FROM t_uuid
```
``` text
┌────────────────────────────────────x─┐
│ f4bf890f-f9dc-4332-ad5c-0c18e73f28e9 │
└──────────────────────────────────────┘
```
**Usage example if it is needed to generate multiple values in one row**
```sql
SELECT generateUUIDv4(1), generateUUIDv4(2)
┌─generateUUIDv4(1)────────────────────┬─generateUUIDv4(2)────────────────────┐
│ 2d49dc6e-ddce-4cd0-afb8-790956df54c1 │ 8abf8c13-7dea-4fdf-af3e-0e18767770e6 │
└──────────────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────┘
```
## empty
Checks whether the input UUID is empty.
**Syntax**
```sql
empty(UUID)
```
The UUID is considered empty if it contains all zeros (zero UUID).
The function also works for [arrays](array-functions.md#function-empty) or [strings](string-functions.md#empty).
**Arguments**
- `x` — Input UUID. [UUID](../data-types/uuid.md).
**Returned value**
- Returns `1` for an empty UUID or `0` for a non-empty UUID.
Type: [UInt8](../data-types/int-uint.md).
**Example**
To generate the UUID value, ClickHouse provides the [generateUUIDv4](#uuid-function-generate) function.
Query:
```sql
SELECT empty(generateUUIDv4());
```
Result:
```text
┌─empty(generateUUIDv4())─┐
│ 0 │
└─────────────────────────┘
```
## notEmpty
Checks whether the input UUID is non-empty.
**Syntax**
```sql
notEmpty(UUID)
```
The UUID is considered empty if it contains all zeros (zero UUID).
The function also works for [arrays](array-functions.md#function-notempty) or [strings](string-functions.md#notempty).
**Arguments**
- `x` — Input UUID. [UUID](../data-types/uuid.md).
**Returned value**
- Returns `1` for a non-empty UUID or `0` for an empty UUID.
Type: [UInt8](../data-types/int-uint.md).
**Example**
To generate the UUID value, ClickHouse provides the [generateUUIDv4](#uuid-function-generate) function.
Query:
```sql
SELECT notEmpty(generateUUIDv4());
```
Result:
```text
┌─notEmpty(generateUUIDv4())─┐
│ 1 │
└────────────────────────────┘
```
## toUUID (x)
Converts String type value to UUID type.
``` sql
toUUID(String)
```
**Returned value**
The UUID type value.
**Usage example**
``` sql
SELECT toUUID('61f0c404-5cb3-11e7-907b-a6006ad3dba0') AS uuid
```
``` text
┌─────────────────────────────────uuid─┐
│ 61f0c404-5cb3-11e7-907b-a6006ad3dba0 │
└──────────────────────────────────────┘
```
## toUUIDOrNull (x)
It takes an argument of type String and tries to parse it into UUID. If failed, returns NULL.
``` sql
toUUIDOrNull(String)
```
**Returned value**
The Nullable(UUID) type value.
**Usage example**
``` sql
SELECT toUUIDOrNull('61f0c404-5cb3-11e7-907b-a6006ad3dba0T') AS uuid
```
``` text
┌─uuid─┐
│ ᴺᵁᴸᴸ │
└──────┘
```
## toUUIDOrZero (x)
It takes an argument of type String and tries to parse it into UUID. If failed, returns zero UUID.
``` sql
toUUIDOrZero(String)
```
**Returned value**
The UUID type value.
**Usage example**
``` sql
SELECT toUUIDOrZero('61f0c404-5cb3-11e7-907b-a6006ad3dba0T') AS uuid
```
``` text
┌─────────────────────────────────uuid─┐
│ 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 │
└──────────────────────────────────────┘
```
## UUIDStringToNum
Accepts `string` containing 36 characters in the format `xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx`, and returns a [FixedString(16)](../../sql-reference/data-types/fixedstring.md) as its binary representation, with its format optionally specified by `variant` (`Big-endian` by default).
**Syntax**
``` sql
UUIDStringToNum(string[, variant = 1])
```
**Arguments**
- `string` — String of 36 characters or FixedString(36). [String](../../sql-reference/syntax.md#syntax-string-literal).
- `variant` — Integer, representing a variant as specified by [RFC4122](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4122#section-4.1.1). 1 = `Big-endian` (default), 2 = `Microsoft`.
**Returned value**
FixedString(16)
**Usage examples**
``` sql
SELECT
'612f3c40-5d3b-217e-707b-6a546a3d7b29' AS uuid,
UUIDStringToNum(uuid) AS bytes
```
``` text
┌─uuid─────────────────────────────────┬─bytes────────────┐
│ 612f3c40-5d3b-217e-707b-6a546a3d7b29 │ a/<@];!~p{jTj={) │
└──────────────────────────────────────┴──────────────────┘
```
``` sql
SELECT
'612f3c40-5d3b-217e-707b-6a546a3d7b29' AS uuid,
UUIDStringToNum(uuid, 2) AS bytes
```
``` text
┌─uuid─────────────────────────────────┬─bytes────────────┐
│ 612f3c40-5d3b-217e-707b-6a546a3d7b29 │ @</a;]~!p{jTj={) │
└──────────────────────────────────────┴──────────────────┘
```
## UUIDNumToString
Accepts `binary` containing a binary representation of a UUID, with its format optionally specified by `variant` (`Big-endian` by default), and returns a string containing 36 characters in text format.
**Syntax**
``` sql
UUIDNumToString(binary[, variant = 1])
```
**Arguments**
- `binary` — [FixedString(16)](../../sql-reference/data-types/fixedstring.md) as a binary representation of a UUID.
- `variant` — Integer, representing a variant as specified by [RFC4122](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4122#section-4.1.1). 1 = `Big-endian` (default), 2 = `Microsoft`.
**Returned value**
String.
**Usage example**
``` sql
SELECT
'a/<@];!~p{jTj={)' AS bytes,
UUIDNumToString(toFixedString(bytes, 16)) AS uuid
```
``` text
┌─bytes────────────┬─uuid─────────────────────────────────┐
│ a/<@];!~p{jTj={) │ 612f3c40-5d3b-217e-707b-6a546a3d7b29 │
└──────────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────┘
```
``` sql
SELECT
'@</a;]~!p{jTj={)' AS bytes,
UUIDNumToString(toFixedString(bytes, 16), 2) AS uuid
```
``` text
┌─bytes────────────┬─uuid─────────────────────────────────┐
│ @</a;]~!p{jTj={) │ 612f3c40-5d3b-217e-707b-6a546a3d7b29 │
└──────────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────┘
```
## serverUUID()
Returns the random and unique UUID, which is generated when the server is first started and stored forever. The result writes to the file `uuid` created in the ClickHouse server directory `/var/lib/clickhouse/`.
**Syntax**
```sql
serverUUID()
```
**Returned value**
- The UUID of the server.
Type: [UUID](../data-types/uuid.md).
## See Also
- [dictGetUUID](../../sql-reference/functions/ext-dict-functions.md#ext_dict_functions-other)