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Re:Auto increment is a terrible idea by joekrill on Thursday November 30, 2017 @09:00AM (#15815711)
What use is sorting a randomly generated value? I guess you're technically sorting on creation time?
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Re:Auto increment is a terrible idea by dozzie on Thursday November 30, 2017 @09:23AM (#15815859)
> What use is sorting a randomly generated value?

In general, order determinism. The elements in the table or list don't shuffle on every refresh.

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Re:Auto increment is a terrible idea by gjem97 on Thursday November 30, 2017 @09:19AM (#15815828)
Yes, the prefix is the timestamp.
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