ea_guid for tagged value

[novikovigor]

Hello!

I need to create tagged values by SQL insert. ea_guid will be calculated next way:
ea_guid = {ea_guid_for_attribute + "-CONST"}

So, ea-guid for tagged-value will be "{bla-bla-bla-CONST}" if ea_guid for attribute is "{bla-bla-bla}".
Now it works well, but should there be any problems with this calculated guid? Further i'll use this property as flag in model transformation.

[Helmut Ortmann]

Hello,

the GUID have to be unique, theoretically worldwide. You can get a GUID by API, tools or http://www.guidgen.com/.

Your workaround may work as long as the generated GUID is unique.

Helmut

[novikovigor]

Thank you for quick answer and for link, Helmut!

[qwerty]

So, ea-guid for tagged-value will be "{bla-bla-bla-CONST}" if ea_guid for attribute is "{bla-bla-bla}".

Sounds like your guid will be longer than the usual GUID. I don't think that's a good idea since it is stored in EA's database in a column with fixed length. Better replace one part with a fixed string. That's also what EA does with some GUIDs.

q.

[novikovigor]

Qwerty, I've solved my problem by generating ea_guid. I will use java API for it.