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Generating Guid.Empty in SQL Server
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EmptyGuid.sql
--
-- 2021-11-24: suggestion from comments:
--
DECLARE @EmptyEmpty UNIQUEIDENTIFIER = CAST(0x0 AS UNIQUEIDENTIFIER)
SELECT @EmptyEmpty
--
-- Original
--
DECLARE @EmptyGuid UNIQUEIDENTIFIER
SET @EmptyGuid = (SELECT CAST(CAST(0 AS BINARY) AS UNIQUEIDENTIFIER))
-- Single result is 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
SELECT @EmptyGuid
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