What is the smallest way to store a UUID that is human readable and widely database compatible?
I am thinking a char array of some sort using hex values?
What is the smallest way to store a UUID that is human readable and widely database compatible?
I am thinking a char array of some sort using hex values?
As common approach, i think that encoding the binary data (16 bytes) as Base64 could be what you want.
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You want Base64 if it is going to be in any kind of computer representation. Base85 if you can figure out a way around putting it in a URL. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base64 and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascii85