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Asked: 2026-05-13T16:09:41+00:00

When trying to use DDLUtils it always seems to take over the id values

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When trying to use DDLUtils it always seems to take over the id values for the columns that are set to autoincrement. How can I prevent this?

For example, I have a Dogs table with a column called ownerID. The column ownerID is set to autoincrement. However my list of owners is not continuous, there are gaps (for example, ownerID’s 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10 exist but not 1, 3, 8, 9 because they’ve since been deleted). The problem is that on DdlToDatabase restoring, the owner ids are reset to 1, 2, 3, 4, and so on. This means that the links in my Dogs table through ownerID are now all incorrect.

How can I get the DDlUtils to correctly import the values for autoincrementing fields?

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  1. Editorial Team

    It looks like you can’t import the values from the auto-increment rows, which means if they are referenced in other tables, you’re in trouble. Instead what you should do is use UUID’s if you wish to go this route.

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