Question

How much I can rely on GUID in .Net ?
My SA told me that

we will use GUID as primary keys in all tables.

I wonder the reliability of GUID as a primary key.

Can there be any chances that there will be duplicate ?

Should we really use this way ?

How about the performance ?

Any advise would be helpful for me.

Answer 1

This are some points for GUID which give you answer

Advantage:

1. Unique across the server.

Disadvantage:

1. String values are not as optimal as integer values for performance when used in joins, indexes and conditions.
2. More storage space is required than INT.

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