> Den 2012-03-06 21:52 skrev Thomas Steinmaurer såhär:
>>
>> When using a BIGINT feed
>> by a generator, you can set a starting value per site/server and that
>> way, you somehow "know" the source of insertion when merging the
>> satellite databases with a central database.
>>
>>
>
> Sounds risky and error prone... Better add a source column.

And the source column is feed by what? It can be equally risky if you
forget to correctly setup that value for the particular site/server.

Just a thought. ;-)


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