[CASSANDRA-6473] Add CQL function to generate random UUID

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Low
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.0.7
• Labels: lhf
• Assignee: Carl Yeksigian
• Reporter: Mikhail Mazursky

Authors

Carl Yeksigian

Reviewers

Jonathan Ellis

• Created: 11/Dec/13 04:25
• Updated: 16/Apr/19 09:31
• Resolved: 19/Mar/14 16:39

Description

There is timeuuid() function but no function to generate a random (type 4) UUID . For example it can be usefull when client code at the moment of insertion of data do not care for exact value of UUID.