diff --git a/manifest b/manifest
index 2ba9910294..ae60a7e2c0 100644
--- a/manifest
+++ b/manifest
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-C Implement\sthe\splatform\sspecific\spart\sof\sthe\sshared\slibrary\sinterface\son\sOS/2\s(CVS\s3618)
-D 2007-01-28T21:42:08
+C Add\sthe\srandomhex()\sfunction\sas\sa\sbuilt-in.\s(CVS\s3619)
+D 2007-01-29T15:50:06
 F Makefile.in 7fa74bf4359aa899da5586e394d17735f221315f
 F Makefile.linux-gcc 2d8574d1ba75f129aba2019f0b959db380a90935
 F README 9c4e2d6706bdcc3efdd773ce752a8cdab4f90028
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ F src/date.c 393c73fc027597e008dcd81454544659e978b05c
 F src/delete.c 804384761144fe1a5035b99f4bd7d706976831bd
 F src/experimental.c 1b2d1a6cd62ecc39610e97670332ca073c50792b
 F src/expr.c 3d2cf15fd9aa6b60b67f45504782cce72cd07963
-F src/func.c af537156dfeb91dbac8ffed4db6c4fa1a3164cc9
+F src/func.c 5df5260055fc8225df7daa4a6776763c78839a6a
 F src/hash.c 449f3d6620193aa557f5d86cbc5cc6b87702b185
 F src/hash.h 1b3f7e2609141fd571f62199fc38687d262e9564
 F src/insert.c e9526ced19978a55687b55faea969b6ff2a53fb4
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ F test/fts2f.test b5f2dde48199d79e859f59d3d857c17dd62a0129
 F test/fts2g.test c69a8ab43ec77d123976ba6cf9422d647ae63032
 F test/fts2h.test 223af921323b409d4b5b18ff4e51619541b174bb
 F test/fts2i.test 1b22451d1f13f7c509baec620dc3a4a754885dd6
-F test/func.test 0ed54b5aeaad319f68016c033acfebef56f5874a
+F test/func.test a2a780de5f32fcdda3db9421281f87c7cf5f1077
 F test/hook.test 7e7645fd9a033f79cce8fdff151e32715e7ec50a
 F test/in.test 369cb2aa1eab02296b4ec470732fe8c131260b1d
 F test/index.test e65df12bed94b2903ee89987115e1578687e9266
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ F www/fullscanb.gif f7c94cb227f060511f8909e10f570157263e9a25
 F www/index-ex1-x-b.gif f9b1d85c3fa2435cf38b15970c7e3aa1edae23a3
 F www/index.tcl 7f67d421e4c1f48083c178bee460a27220f4fcc1
 F www/indirect1b1.gif adfca361d2df59e34f9c5cac52a670c2bfc303a1
-F www/lang.tcl fb1070256c211a3dec735e1273c506c1f8db7556
+F www/lang.tcl ccbd38d9597117841b130287a19534b14dbf8990
 F www/lockingv3.tcl f59b19d6c8920a931f096699d6faaf61c05db55f
 F www/mingw.tcl d96b451568c5d28545fefe0c80bee3431c73f69c
 F www/nulls.tcl ec35193f92485b87b90a994a01d0171b58823fcf
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ F www/tclsqlite.tcl bb0d1357328a42b1993d78573e587c6dcbc964b9
 F www/vdbe.tcl 87a31ace769f20d3627a64fa1fade7fed47b90d0
 F www/version3.tcl 890248cf7b70e60c383b0e84d77d5132b3ead42b
 F www/whentouse.tcl 97e2b5cd296f7d8057e11f44427dea8a4c2db513
-P ba76107cd1fc1898f5357b20b339727e2e034e23
-R 79a8f84a406ccc28c1097bb566a6ba96
-U pweilbacher
-Z 7318492f59e9e286472c87b62bde92c0
+P 027251a6fc9971b337172436137fabdafec1d264
+R 26303d3b8e5ddcde80949e4541bf7afa
+U drh
+Z 353a878b84641f62bd1524ee3fc8f147
diff --git a/manifest.uuid b/manifest.uuid
index 1024383c7a..2cb19fa527 100644
--- a/manifest.uuid
+++ b/manifest.uuid
@@ -1 +1 @@
-027251a6fc9971b337172436137fabdafec1d264
\ No newline at end of file
+a6001589ab1349f7a6b4af941e9e0fd73d13c1c0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/func.c b/src/func.c
index 11a6e1ad13..2a803b38f1 100644
--- a/src/func.c
+++ b/src/func.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 ** sqliteRegisterBuildinFunctions() found at the bottom of the file.
 ** All other code has file scope.
 **
-** $Id: func.c,v 1.134 2006/09/16 21:45:14 drh Exp $
+** $Id: func.c,v 1.135 2007/01/29 15:50:06 drh Exp $
 */
 #include "sqliteInt.h"
 #include <ctype.h>
@@ -272,6 +272,33 @@ static void randomFunc(
   sqlite3_result_int64(context, r);
 }
 
+/*
+** Implementation of randomhex(N).  Return a random hexadecimal string
+** that is N characters long.
+*/
+static void randomHex(
+  sqlite3_context *context,
+  int argc,
+  sqlite3_value **argv
+){
+  int n, i, j;
+  unsigned char c, zBuf[1001];
+  assert( argc==1 );
+  n = sqlite3_value_int(argv[0]);
+  if( n&1 ) n++;
+  if( n<2 ) n = 2;
+  if( n>sizeof(zBuf)-1 )  n = sizeof(zBuf)-1;
+  sqlite3Randomness(n/2, zBuf);
+  for(i=n-1, j=n/2-1; i>=1; i-=2, j--){
+    static const char zDigits[] = "0123456789ABCDEF";
+    c = zBuf[j];
+    zBuf[i] = zDigits[c&0xf];
+    zBuf[i-1] = zDigits[c>>4];
+  }
+  zBuf[n] = 0;
+  sqlite3_result_text(context, (char*)zBuf, n, SQLITE_TRANSIENT);
+}
+
 /*
 ** Implementation of the last_insert_rowid() SQL function.  The return
 ** value is the same as the sqlite3_last_insert_rowid() API function.
@@ -1024,6 +1051,7 @@ void sqlite3RegisterBuiltinFunctions(sqlite3 *db){
     { "coalesce",           1, 0, SQLITE_UTF8,    0, 0          },
     { "ifnull",             2, 0, SQLITE_UTF8,    1, ifnullFunc },
     { "random",            -1, 0, SQLITE_UTF8,    0, randomFunc },
+    { "randomhex",          1, 0, SQLITE_UTF8,    0, randomHex  },
     { "nullif",             2, 0, SQLITE_UTF8,    1, nullifFunc },
     { "sqlite_version",     0, 0, SQLITE_UTF8,    0, versionFunc},
     { "quote",              1, 0, SQLITE_UTF8,    0, quoteFunc  },
diff --git a/test/func.test b/test/func.test
index 4eca470b7d..ae33623728 100644
--- a/test/func.test
+++ b/test/func.test
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 # This file implements regression tests for SQLite library.  The
 # focus of this file is testing built-in functions.
 #
-# $Id: func.test,v 1.55 2006/09/16 21:45:14 drh Exp $
+# $Id: func.test,v 1.56 2007/01/29 15:50:06 drh Exp $
 
 set testdir [file dirname $argv0]
 source $testdir/tester.tcl
@@ -296,6 +296,28 @@ do_test func-9.1 {
     SELECT random() is not null;
   }
 } {1}
+do_test func-9.2 {
+  execsql {
+    SELECT typeof(random());
+  }
+} {integer}
+do_test func-9.3 {
+  execsql {
+    SELECT randomhex(32) is not null;
+  }
+} {1}
+do_test func-9.4 {
+  execsql {
+    SELECT typeof(randomhex(32));
+  }
+} {text}
+do_test func-9.5 {
+  execsql {
+    SELECT length(randomhex(32)), length(randomhex(-5)),
+           length(randomhex(2000)), length(randomhex(31));
+  }
+} {32 2 1000 32}
+
 
 # Use the "sqlite_register_test_function" TCL command which is part of
 # the text fixture in order to verify correct operation of some of
diff --git a/www/lang.tcl b/www/lang.tcl
index ba1655f8c5..09d95101fd 100644
--- a/www/lang.tcl
+++ b/www/lang.tcl
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # Run this Tcl script to generate the lang-*.html files.
 #
-set rcsid {$Id: lang.tcl,v 1.118 2006/09/23 20:46:23 drh Exp $}
+set rcsid {$Id: lang.tcl,v 1.119 2007/01/29 15:50:06 drh Exp $}
 source common.tcl
 
 if {[llength $argv]>0} {
@@ -1373,6 +1373,15 @@ is also useful when writing triggers to implement undo/redo functionality.
 between -9223372036854775808 and +9223372036854775807.</td>
 </tr>
 
+<tr>
+<td valign="top" align="right">randomhex(<i>N</i>)</td>
+<td valign="top">Return a pseudo-random hexadecimal string that is
+<i>N</i> characters in length.  <i>N</i> should be an even integer between
+2 and 1000.  The intended use of this function is to generate
+universally unique identifiers (UUID).  For that purpose, it is recommended
+that <i>N</i> be at least 32.</td>
+</tr>
+
 <tr>
 <td valign="top" align="right">round(<i>X</i>)<br>round(<i>X</i>,<i>Y</i>)</td>
 <td valign="top">Round off the number <i>X</i> to <i>Y</i> digits to the