POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : Database Questions : Re: Database Questions Server Time
3 Sep 2024 21:14:15 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Database Questions  
From: Darren New
Date: 9 Mar 2011 13:30:50
Message: <4d77c75a@news.povray.org>
Tom Austin wrote:
> I will stay out of this one....  I think I will stick with auto number 
> fields for now - just to keep my head on straight.

There's nothing *wrong* with it. It's just that many libraries assume that 
every single table has an auto-increment ID, which I think is the wrong way 
to go, simplifying the library at the expense of accurate data.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
  "How did he die?"   "He got shot in the hand."
     "That was fatal?"
          "He was holding a live grenade at the time."


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