Re:What a bad day at work taught me about building Stack Ove...
by dang on Thursday July 18, 2019 @06:15PM
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> I asked a question as to _why_ some very well-used and robust database implementations, as a matter of "principle", don't have auto-increment fields. There must be a reason for it, like it violates the purity of a relational database, etc., but I'm not sure how or why
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That sort of curiosity makes for a good Ask HN post. Maybe give that a try next time? https://news.ycombinator.com/ask
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