Re: create table with primary key and rowid field -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: Re: create table with primary key and rowid field
From: CRPence <CRPbottle@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:52:12 -0500
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Lim Hock-Chai wrote:

Note: The statement work if I remove the primary key (id) from
it. Also, seems like the rowid is a 40-byte hex type field. Is
there is a way to make it an int?

CREATE TABLE with an IDENTITY column instead, to be able to choose the data type [and to be able to name that column as the primary key]. For the archives... since of course with the crossing paths of these messages, that is probably already understood as an option.

Regards, Chuck

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