GUID

Return a globally unique ID (GUID) as a string. The ID that the function returns is generated using random data. The variant type for the ID is DCE 1.1, ISO/IEC 11578:1996.

This function doesn't accept any arguments.

Example 

This code example generates a GUID and saves it as a variable called myGUID.

<script runat="server">
  Platform.Load("Core","1");
  var randomID = Platform.Function.GUID();
</script>
<p>GUID: <ctrl:var name="randomID"/></p>

The output of the code example includes a randomly generated GUID.

GUID: 31558c83-ff02-42c5-ab2d-a1455f9d6d4b

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