What if I am relying on the row ID?

[stefano.menci]

I was reading this post and…

@meredydd

is there any reason I couldn’t use the result from get_id() on a data table record?

Please don’t do this! We make no guarantees about the makeup of that string, and if (when!) it changes, we don’t want your code to break…

Oops!
What if I have already done it?

I use it in SQL JOIN queries building the string out of the table and row ids. I knew I was playing with the fire, that’s undocumented stuff, but it works well and I couldn’t find a better alternative.

I can’t ask you not to change it, but please let us know before you change the row ID management and how to fix the things that rely on it.

[meredydd]

By the magic of your support contract… Duly noted! We’ll keep you updated

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