Re: feature proposal: auto increment prefix

Hi!

Catching up with some old emails...

>>>>> "Arjen" == Arjen Lentz <arjen@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

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>> For example, I remember reading in the docs that there aren't enough
>> bits in the current .frm format to store additional properties. Is
>> this still true? If yes, would it be acceptable to use a special,
>> reserved, column name for this purpose, until the .frm format is
>> changed?

Arjen> As a temporary kludge, possibly. In case of GUID or UUID I think that
Arjen> would be ok, until the FRM can handle new column types. As long as the
Arjen> code is clean and the kludge can be cleaned up easily later.

I forgot to add in the previous email that we should of course also
add a column type that is OID that automaticly gets the OID value on
insert.

Regards,
Monty

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