I was looking for functions that generate unique identifiers - my special requirement is that the unique identifier should only be 8 digits.
In any case, I just realized that we can set the ID auto-increment field to start with any number. So, suppose I started it with 11111111 - am I right in thinking that all new entries will increase from this value? If so, I have my own unique 8-digit identifier and there is no need to use the function for this.
And also, if the record is deleted, will the new record reuse the remote identifier?
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