Avoid using auto increment?&nbsp; Take a look at the node table's nid column in mysql.&nbsp; It's set to auto increment.&nbsp; Is there something else you mean?<BR>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">On Wed Apr 25 10:15 , Barry Jaspan <barry@jaspan.org> sent:<BR>
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Could someone either clue me in or point to a prior discussion about<BR>

why Drupal avoids using auto-incrementing database columns?  If it is<BR>

database compatibility, which versions of which databases that we<BR>

support do not have it?<BR>

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Thanks,<BR>

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Barry<BR>

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