Is a GUID unique 100% of the time?

Question

Is a GUID unique 100% of the time?

Will it stay unique over multiple threads?

Answer 1

The Answer of "Is a GUID is 100% unique?" is simply "No" .

• If You want 100% uniqueness of GUID then do following.

  1. generate GUID
  2. check if that GUID is Exist in your table column where you are looking for uniquensess
  3. if exist then goto step 1 else step 4
  4. use this GUID as unique.