Re: [development] Why do we avoid auto-incrementing db columns?

Separate counters are far more standard. MySQL is weird by having auto-increment columns but not counters. Now, there are a few things we could do to speed up Drupal's mechanism for emulating counters in MySQL... Barry Jaspan wrote:

Could someone either clue me in or point to a prior discussion about why Drupal avoids using auto-incrementing database columns? If it is database compatibility, which versions of which databases that we support do not have it?

Thanks,

Barry