Functions for MariaDB to be able to convert to and from uuid v4 which is normally stored as BINARY(16)

mariadb_uuid_v4.sql

DROP FUNCTION IF EXISTS uuid_v4;
DROP FUNCTION IF EXISTS BIN_TO_UUID;
DROP FUNCTION IF EXISTS UUID_TO_BIN;

-- Change delimiter so that the function body doesn't end the function declaration
DELIMITER //

CREATE FUNCTION uuid_v4()
    RETURNS CHAR(36) NO SQL
BEGIN
    -- Generate 8 2-byte strings that we will combine into a UUIDv4
    SET @h1 = LPAD(HEX(FLOOR(RAND() * 0xffff)), 4, '0');
    SET @h2 = LPAD(HEX(FLOOR(RAND() * 0xffff)), 4, '0');
    SET @h3 = LPAD(HEX(FLOOR(RAND() * 0xffff)), 4, '0');
    SET @h6 = LPAD(HEX(FLOOR(RAND() * 0xffff)), 4, '0');
    SET @h7 = LPAD(HEX(FLOOR(RAND() * 0xffff)), 4, '0');
    SET @h8 = LPAD(HEX(FLOOR(RAND() * 0xffff)), 4, '0');

    -- 4th section will start with a 4 indicating the version
    SET @h4 = CONCAT('4', LPAD(HEX(FLOOR(RAND() * 0x0fff)), 3, '0'));

    -- 5th section first half-byte can only be 8, 9 A or B
    SET @h5 = CONCAT(HEX(FLOOR(RAND() * 4 + 8)),
                LPAD(HEX(FLOOR(RAND() * 0x0fff)), 3, '0'));

    -- Build the complete UUID
    RETURN LOWER(CONCAT(
        @h1, @h2, '-', @h3, '-', @h4, '-', @h5, '-', @h6, @h7, @h8
    ));
END
//
-- Switch back the delimiter
DELIMITER ;

DELIMITER //

CREATE FUNCTION BIN_TO_UUID(b BINARY(16))
RETURNS CHAR(36)
BEGIN
   DECLARE hexStr CHAR(32);
   SET hexStr = HEX(b);
   RETURN LOWER(CONCAT(
        SUBSTR(hexStr, 1, 8), '-',
        SUBSTR(hexStr, 9, 4), '-',
        SUBSTR(hexStr, 13, 4), '-',
        SUBSTR(hexStr, 17, 4), '-',
        SUBSTR(hexStr, 21)
    ));
END//

CREATE FUNCTION UUID_TO_BIN(uuid CHAR(36))
RETURNS BINARY(16)
BEGIN
    RETURN UNHEX(REPLACE(uuid, '-', ''));
END//

DELIMITER ;

You would then use this like:

SELECT 
	*, BIN_TO_UUID(product.uuid)
FROM 
	product
;