MySQL doesn't have a native uuid column type, but it does provide conversion functions UUID_TO_BIN() [1] and BIN_TO_UUID() [2]. These also have a convenient opt

MySQL doesn't have a native uuid column type, but it does provide conversion functions UUID_TO_BIN() [1] and BIN_TO_UUID() [2]. These also have a convenient optional "time swapping" flag, to improve insertion order / btree efficiency. [1] https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/miscellaneous-functions.html#function_uuid-to-bin https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/miscellaneous-functi... [2] https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/miscellaneous-functions.html#function_bin-to-uuid https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/miscellaneous-functi...