> recommend that you avoid autonumbers entirely."
>
> Using a numeric autogenerated number is completely
> fine as is creating your own unique value.
I don't object to using autonumbers generally; my recommendation was in the
single case in which you want to assign an actual meaning to the generated
value, instead of using it solely as a surrogate primary key.
Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software
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