Is GUID of SharePoint Objects globally unique? Or is there any case where it could be duplicated?
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are you talking of uniqueId?– GwnyAug 25, 2015 at 15:30
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yes, example: 89b66b71-afc8-463f-b5ed-9770168996a6 (Guid)– GokulAug 25, 2015 at 15:55
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GUID
The G in GUID stands for Globally
The U in GUID stands for Unique
The ID in GUID stands for Identifier
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globally_unique_identifier
And yes there is a once in a 30 octillion chance it is not unique
What is an octillion ?? I don't know..
But it sounds huge, and maybe a good lock-out period (in milliseconds, we should not be too harsh) on StackOverflow for people who ask questions without searching Google first.
answered Aug 25, 2015 at 19:45
Microsoft guarantees you uniqueness inside a SharePoint-Database, not more and not less. Even considering it is a very small possibility to have duplicates, it is possible if you have multiple databases inside the same farm.
https://msdn.microsoft.com/EN-US/library/microsoft.sharepoint.splistitem.uniqueid.aspx
