Re: auto increment as primary key

2002-08-16 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Aug 16), Fr. Robert Bower said: > Is it a good idea to use an auto increment field as a primary key in mysql? > I know in some products like paradox it is a bad idea because of possible > corruption problems down the road? If you get corrupt databases, don't blame the primary

Re: auto increment as primary key

2002-08-16 Thread David Lloyd
Father, [ mysql, query ] > Is it a good idea to use an auto increment field as a primary key in mysql? > I know in some products like paradox it is a bad idea because of possible > corruption problems down the road? I don't believe there would be any problems in the latest versions of MySQL; o

auto increment as primary key

2002-08-16 Thread Fr. Robert Bower
Is it a good idea to use an auto increment field as a primary key in mysql? I know in some products like paradox it is a bad idea because of possible corruption problems down the road? Thanks In Christ, Father Robert St. Nectarios Orthodox Church [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.stnectarios.org Fo