UUID Functions

Converts a string UUID to its binary representation

Result type

BINARY(16)

Syntax

CHAR_TO_UUID (ascii_uuid)

Table 1. `CHAR_TO_UUID` Function Parameter
Parameter	Description
ascii_uuid	A 36-character representation of UUID.‘`-`’ (hyphen) in positions 9, 14, 19 and 24;valid hexadecimal digits in any other positions, e.g. 'A0bF4E45-3029-2a44-D493-4998c9b439A3'

Converts a human-readable 36-char UUID string to the corresponding 16-byte UUID.