GUID Question

[Doug]

I have a value that was a GUID converted to string and stored in the DB. I
need to get that value back into a Guid, how can i do that? Do something
like (System.Guid)<GUIDStringVariable> does not work. Thanks.

DOug

[Josh]

Can help you, but I am intriged to know why you want to do that.

[Hans Kesting]

"Doug" <dk*******@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:eC**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

I have a value that was a GUID converted to string and stored in the DB. I
need to get that value back into a Guid, how can i do that? Do something
like (System.Guid)<GUIDStringVariable> does not work. Thanks.

DOug

There is a constructor for Guid that accepts a string-parameter.
A different solution could be to directly store the guid
(datatype uniqueidentifier in sqlserver)

Hans Kesting

[Yanick Beaudet]

new Guid(GUIDStringVariable);

Yanick
Doug wrote:

I have a value that was a GUID converted to string and stored in the DB. I
need to get that value back into a Guid, how can i do that? Do something
like (System.Guid)<GUIDStringVariable> does not work. Thanks.

DOug

[Doug]

I knew it was simple - have to stop working so early in the morning; my mind
doesn't work. Thanks.
"Yanick Beaudet" <ya************@centaurnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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new Guid(GUIDStringVariable);

Yanick
Doug wrote:

I have a value that was a GUID converted to string and stored in the DB.
I need to get that value back into a Guid, how can i do that? Do
something like (System.Guid)<GUIDStringVariable> does not work. Thanks.

DOug

[Doug]

Hans,

Ya I know - the table that I'm using the original developer created it as a
string (his code populated the GUID as a string). So sql srvr can't convert
it back to GUID once it's a string unless the table is empty. Which then
means that i won't be able to convert the id back, etc....you get the point.
Thanks.

"Hans Kesting" <ne***********@spamgourmet.com> wrote in message
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"Doug" <dk*******@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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I have a value that was a GUID converted to string and stored in the DB.
I
need to get that value back into a Guid, how can i do that? Do something
like (System.Guid)<GUIDStringVariable> does not work. Thanks.

DOug

There is a constructor for Guid that accepts a string-parameter.
A different solution could be to directly store the guid
(datatype uniqueidentifier in sqlserver)

Hans Kesting

[Doug]

Josh,

See my streams to the others...
"Josh" <so*****@microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Can help you, but I am intriged to know why you want to do that.