[rc2] Stop using JSON_VALUE() RETURNING for uniqueidentifier on SQL Server 2025 #36740
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NOTE: This PR is based on top of #36730, review last commit only
Fixes #36627
Description
We added support for SQL Server 2025's JSON data type, which enhances the JSON_VALUE() support to include a RETURNING clause which types the data being extracted out of JSON documents. Unfortunately, the GUID data type specifically (uniqueidentifier) is not supported by SQL Server with the new RETURNING clause, so this PR falls back to the older typing mechanism via a CAST.
Customer impact
Without this PR, some queries involving a GUID value stored within JSON complex types fail when targeting SQL Server 2025 with the new JSON data type (mainline 10 scenario).
How found
Testing
Regression
No
Testing
Added, extended type tests to cover this.
Risk
Very low, trivial one-line change in new codepath.