On 4-May-09, at 3:15 AM, <
cotanda@...> <
cotanda@...>
wrote:
> Hi, sorry for being so late, I was on holidays xD
>
>> A global variable would not persist or be available for everyone.
>> eGroupWare provides a table, egw_nextid, that lets you store the next
>> number in a particular sequence.
>
> I have a concern about the egw_nextid table. You should start from 0
> everytime you make a new installation or, if you want to have an
> initial
> number, you should add a field on the ar (and ap, etc) site
> configuration
> menu.
Starting from 0 is easy, but it's easy enough to make that configurable.
> Having a type field on the database would be not much space ...
> The bad news on changing the database is that all the
> insert queries should be changed to add the new field
Not that hard, and a good idea.
Done in SVN r3434, new column is named 'class'.
> What do you think it would be more desirable? I would
> try with the egw_nextid while I wait for answer ^^
Adding the column was a good idea in general, so you have the option
to do it whichever way works out best.
Nathan Gray
nathan at goarctic dot com
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