RE: Using a UUID to name an IFS file

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Try the hex() SQL function with VALUES INTO

At 06:34 AM 3/21/2007, you wrote:

> Good point.  Do you have a simple routine to convert a field to it's hex
> value?  Be nice if RPGLE had a
> MyChar=%hex(%trim(MyUuid));
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> Or convert them to hex representation... probably safer and easier to
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> Subject: Using a UUID to name an IFS file
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> Are the weird hex codes, generated by using a UUID, going to come back to
> haunt me if I use UUID's to name my IFS files?
> > EVAL UUID
>   UUID = 'lnõn. Ðä'
> > EVAL UUID :X
>      00000     93952803 1D2518CF 954B0004 AC08432B   - ln.....õn...Ð.ä.
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> Would prefixing them be "a good idea"?  Like prefix them with "UUID" so
> that I can do a RMVLNK '/tmp/UUID*.txt'?
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