U could always use a PRIMARY key on an auto_increment column. 

- Dathan Vance Pattishall
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-->-----Original Message-----
-->From: Mike Brando [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
-->Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 1:03 PM
-->To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-->Subject: RE: ROWID
-->
-->
-->> -----Original Message-----
-->> On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 09:59:41AM -0800, Wan, Wenhua wrote:
-->> > Hi there,
-->> >
-->> > Both Oracle and Informix use ROWID to uniquely represent the
location
-->of
-->> > each row of data in a table.  ROWID is basically a hidden column
or
-->> > pseudocolumn for each table, and it is the fastest way to retrive
a
-->row
-->> from
-->> > a table.  Does MySql have similar field?  If is, what's the name
and
-->how
-->> to
-->> > access it?
-->> >
-->> > Thank you very much in advance for your advice.
-->>
-->> http://www.mysql.com/doc/search.php?q=rowid
-->>
-->
-->
-->Ok, so that search produces this:
-->
-->" If the PRIMARY or UNIQUE key consists of only one column and this
is of
-->type
-->integer, you can also refer to it as _rowid (new in Version
3.23.11)."
-->
-->But that's not what a "ROWID" is compared to what I think the
original
-->poster
-->was looking for. In Oracle for example, a ROWID is the unique address
of
-->a row
-->in the database. Every row, unique key or not has a unique address.
Is
-->there
-->such a thing in MySQL? ROWIDs are extremely useful for guaranteeing
that
-->you
-->are manipulating the exact row that you think you are.
-->
-->Mike
-->
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