I know I've been writing long posts lately. Not only is it long but it also doesn't have any freebies for download. Hope this post is as short as possible. Okay, I created a GUID Generator when I was inserting some data into MS SQL tables. Some of the columns were 'uniqueidentifier' type, and well-formed GUIDs must be entered. The thing is MS SQL development tools don't have the generator built in, so I had to make one myself. If you happen to need one, you can download mine (20KB) and use it for free. It requires .NET Framework 2.0/3.0 installed in prior.

Anyway, if you don't know what a GUID is. Here's the snippet I copied from Wikipedia: A Globally Unique Identifier or GUID (pronounced /ˈguːɪd/ or /ˈgwɪd/) is a special type of identifier used in software applications in order to provide a reference number which is unique in any context (hence, "Globally"), for example, in defining the internal reference for a type of access point in a software application, or for creating unique keys in a database. While each generated GUID is not guaranteed to be unique, the total number of unique keys (2¹²⁸ or 3.4×10³⁸) is so large that the probability of the same number being generated twice is very small. For example, consider the observable universe, which contains about 5×10²² stars; every star could then have 6.8×10¹⁵ universally unique GUIDs.

Download Link: GuidGen.exe (20.00 kb). Requirements: .NET Framework 2.0/3.0 installed.