my only thought would be that 4D has either a bug in the windows version of
UUID generator, or it uses/expects some underlying mechanism at the OS level
which is broken.
> Hi Chip, Keith,
>
> Thanks Chip for the tip!
> But still, isn't it strange that 4D v16 does generate UUID where on
> WIndows the 15th hex digit is a 4
>
> Thanks Keith for testing this on OSX, but unfortunately I need this
> on both platforms.
>
> Is there anybody that can confirm that on WIndows 4D generates it
> "the wrong way"?
> Or is there an explanation for this?
>
> Gr,
>
> Piotr
>
>> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
>> Van: Chip Scheide <4d_o...@pghrepository.org>
>> Verzonden: vrijdag 6 juli 2018 18:02
>> Aan: 4D iNug Technical <4d_tech@lists.4d.com>
>> CC: Piotr Chabot Stadhouders <p.stadhoud...@timeff.com>
>> Onderwerp: RE: UUID version 4 needed
>>
>> after just a bit of google-fu
>> I found this php routine to generate a UUID. Since, in principle 4D
>> supports
>> php... maybe you can just generate your own.
>>
>> if (!function_exists('com_create_guid')) {
>> function com_create_guid() {
>> return sprintf( '%04x%04x-%04x-%04x-%04x-%04x%04x%04x',
>> mt_rand( 0, 0xffff ), mt_rand( 0, 0xffff ),
>> mt_rand( 0, 0xffff ),
>> mt_rand( 0, 0x0fff ) | 0x4000,
>> mt_rand( 0, 0x3fff ) | 0x8000,
>> mt_rand( 0, 0xffff ), mt_rand( 0, 0xffff ), mt_rand( 0, 0xffff )
>> );
>> }
>> }
>>
>> source:
>> https://helloacm.com/how-to-create-uuid-in-php/
>>
>> also there is a bunch of discussion on StackOVerflow regarding generating a
>> UUID, in various languages, and platforms
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 6 Jul 2018 15:33:48 +0000, Piotr Chabot Stadhouders via 4D_Tech
>> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> The Win32API command sys_GetGUID does return a version 4 UUID
>>>
>>> So on Windows :
>>> Win32API generates a version 4 UUID --> 13th hex digit is a 4
>>> 4D v16 does not generate a version 4 UUID --> 15th hex digit is a 4
>>>
>>>
>>>> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
>>>> Van: Dennis, Neil <neil.den...@umb.com>
>>>> Verzonden: vrijdag 6 juli 2018 16:25
>>>> Aan: Piotr Chabot Stadhouders <p.stadhoud...@timeff.com>; 4D iNug
>>>> Technical <4d_tech@lists.4d.com>
>>>> Onderwerp: RE: UUID version 4 needed
>>>>
>>>>> And in fact, my 4D generated UUID is rejected by the web service,
>>>>> saying it
>>>> isn't a 4 version UUID
>>>>
>>>> Very possible, it has been a while since I looked into it and I was
>>>> going off of my
>>>> fuzzy memory.
>>>>
>>>> Neil
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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