title: How to auto generate uuid in cassandra CQL 3 command line
body: <p>Just learning cassandra, is there a way to insert a UUID using CQL, ie</p>
  
  <pre><code>create table stuff (uid uuid primary key, name varchar);
  insert into stuff (name) values('my name'); // fails
  insert into stuff (uid, name) values(1, 'my name'); // fails
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Can you do something like</p>
  
  <pre><code>insert into stuff (uid, name) values(nextuid(), 'my name');
  </code></pre>