Re: GUIDs returned as gibberish (ODBC/MS SQL)

A GUID is at core a 128 bit number.

The Wikipedia link above has all the information you need to convert between the binary and the text representation.

A cpan search gives Data:GUID. But on first glance there is no method for a direct binary -> text conversion.

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Re^2: GUIDs returned as gibberish (ODBC/MS SQL) by massa (Hermit) on Oct 27, 2008 at 12:55 UTC
`print Data::GUID->best_guess($your_guid)->as_string` [download] should work... []s, HTH, Massa (κς,πμ,πλ)	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: GUIDs returned as gibberish (ODBC/MS SQL) by LaidBackWebSage (Acolyte) on Oct 27, 2008 at 14:09 UTC
The "Data::GUID" module is what I needed. Many thanks! Kevin J	[reply]