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Use this utility to generate a UUID/GUID on the web. UUID/GUID stand for Globally/Universally Unique Identifier. It uses the DATA::UUID Perl module by Alexander Golomshtok. It is running on Linux.
Click the button to run the GUID/UUID generator. It will return a different one each time.
If you are on Windows, you can use the simple VBScript below to generate a UUID. Just save the code to a file called createguid.vbs, and then run cscript createguid.vbs at a command prompt.
Set TypeLib = CreateObject("Scriptlet.TypeLib")
NewGUID = TypeLib.Guid
WScript.Echo(left(NewGUID, len(NewGUID)-2))
Set TypeLib = NothingIf you have the Microsoft SDK installed on your system, you can use the utility uuidgen.exe, which is located in the "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDK\Bin" directory.
If you are using PHP, use the uniqid function as described in the uniqid documentation.