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Re: Using a primary key as account number
Posted by: Peter Brawley
Date: May 08, 2013 11:46AM

Accountants usually don't like that practice because auto_increment sequences can develop gaps, which raise audit questions, so you are probably best off providing a guaranteed-sequential account number.

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Mark Stopkey
May 08, 2013 08:19AM
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