Parsing TraceId to Guid

We have a situation where I need to log the unique trace id to the database, but the column type is uniqueidentifier and the value of TraceId is what seems to be GUID without hyphens (ASP.NET Core 6) and saving it like that doesn't work. Unfortunately the database cannot be changed.

Is there a built-in way to Guid.TryParse a string or do I need my own custom layout renderer?

I managed to solve my issue by creating this layout wrapper:

[LayoutRenderer("parseguid")]
[ThreadAgnostic]
public sealed class GuidParserRenderer : WrapperLayoutRendererBase
{

    /// <inheritdoc />
    protected override string Transform(string text)
    {
        return Guid.TryParse(text, out var guid) ? guid.ToString() : Guid.Empty.ToString();
    }
}

Registration:

LogManager.Setup().SetupExtensions(s =>
    s.RegisterLayoutRenderer<GuidParserRenderer>("parseguid")
);

Usage:

<parameter name="@ActivityId" layout="${parseguid:inner=${activity:property=TraceId}}" />

If I do need this custom wrapper, is it implemented correctly? Is it OK to use ThreadAgnostic when wrapping ActivityTraceLayoutRenderer?

Last question: Is TraceId the same as activityId which seems to be deprecated?

Apologies if I missed some obvious piece of documentation somewhere, I tried looking but couldn't find an answer.

Thank you for all of your hard work!

Start with the issue's GuidParserRenderer wrapper, its RegisterLayoutRenderer registration, and the ${activity:property=TraceId} usage. Review the ActivityTraceLayoutRenderer behavior and the ThreadAgnostic attribute, then document or clarify whether built-in parsing exists, whether the wrapper is safe, and how TraceId relates to activityId.