If I had a field in the model that has primary_key=True and a default function that can return ids with collisions, what happens on save?
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If I had a field in the model that has primary_key=True and a default function that can return ids with collisions, what happens on save?
Same as with any other unique constraint: the database would refuse to insert the new record, and Django would report an
IntegrityError.Which is why you should always use an autoincrementing integer field for your primary key, which is what the default
idfield does anyway.