CakePHP: How to disable auto-increment on Model.id?

Question

CakePHP 1.3.0, mysqli

I have a Manifest model, whose identifier must be a unique number from the printed form. However, when Manifest.id is set as the primary key, CakePHP helps me by setting auto-increment in the field. Is there a way to mark a field through schema.php and / or elsewhere to disable auto-increment? I need a simple plain old key without it.

The only other solution I can imagine is to add a separate manifest number field and change the foreign keys in half a dozen other tables. A little wasteful and less intuitive.

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echo $this->Form->input('id', array('type' => 'text'));

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Answer 4

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