The GUID data type is compatible with the existing textual representation. The GUID data type is useful when you want to uniquely identify some data, so that it can be exchanged with external ...

This work also benefits SQL Server which has a GUID data type. You also asked for it in the community. GUIDs in CDS. All entities within CDS have a GUID primary key field to uniquely identify each ...

Database ID: Int vs. BigInt vs. GUID 14 July, 2009. It was a Tuesday. I’ve been hearing a lot of talk about using a GUID as a database row ID, in recent months… last night I was talking with Jeffrey ...

For those who work with primary and foreign keys on CDS and SQL Server, we have added GUID as a first class data type. Although not common, you may want to beat the rush and start updating any ...