MySQL Tutorial/Miscellaneous Functions/UUID

UUID() returns a number that is globally unique in space and time.

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mysql> mysql> SELECT UUID(); +--------------------------------------+ | UUID() | +--------------------------------------+ | 14185158-8adb-102a-8f5c-03475dfdde5e | +--------------------------------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) mysql></source>