How to check a varchar data is uniqueidentifier or

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How to check a varchar data is uniqueidentifier or

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sqlps
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Posted - 2013-10-31 : 03:02:01

Hi,

Is there any method to check a varchar data is uniqueidentifier or not?

madhivanan
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Posted - 2013-10-31 : 03:08:16

WHERE try_convert(uniqueidentifier ,varchar_col) is not null

Madhivanan

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visakh16
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Posted - 2013-10-31 : 04:02:45

try_convert is available only from sql 2012 onwards
so if you're on an earlier version use

http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/mladenp/archive/2005/08/16/7545.aspx

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