# This is patch to trick uuid field to force it store as BINARY field in mysql
# In the model-definition
# Try to define uuid id field
`
"id": {
  "type": "string",
  "defaultFn": "uuid",
  "id": true,
  "mysql": {
    "columnName": "user_id",
    "dataType": "BINARY",
    "dataLength": 16,
    "nullable": "N"
  }
}
`

Inside function toColumnValue, replace
`
if (prop.type === String) {
  return String(val);
}
`
with
`
if (prop.type === String) {
  const dataType = prop.mysql && prop.mysql.dataType || '';
  if (dataType.toUpperCase() === 'BINARY') {
    return Buffer.from(val.replace(/-/ig, ''), 'hex');
  }
  return String(val);
}
`

Inside function fromColumnValue, replace
`
case 'String':
    val = String(val);
    break;
`
with
`
case 'String':
    const dataType = prop.mysql && prop.mysql.dataType || '';
    if (dataType.toUpperCase() === 'BINARY') {
      val = val instanceof Buffer ? val.toString('hex') : val;
    } else {
      val = String(val);
    }

    break;
`