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Jeremy Beard commented on HIVE-12721:
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Yes, that does work when REFLECT() is available. Security requirements are the
main reason for this UDF, and also the usability benefits of SQL developers not
needing to insert Java references into their queries.
> Add UUID built in function
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> Key: HIVE-12721
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-12721
> Project: Hive
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: UDF
> Reporter: Jeremy Beard
> Assignee: Jeremy Beard
> Attachments: HIVE-12721.patch
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> A UUID function would be very useful for ETL jobs that need to generate
> surrogate keys.
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