Re: feature proposal: auto increment prefix

On Tue, Apr 29, 2003 at 03:51:02AM +0300, Michael Widenius wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> 
> Catching up with some old emails...
> 
> >>>>> "Arjen" == Arjen Lentz <arjen@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> <cut>
> 
> >> 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.

Ah. And I'd replied to the previous email before reading this one :)

Tim.

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