> What is the logic behing 17238?
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> Then again: what is the point of id's if they change? If it's for
> backwards compatibility, I'd just make a table_c with an real new id
> field, and some old_id, and fill it with table_a & table_b both....

I had an old format using flat text files, and it worked well at the
time by having the text files in different directories. I wrote that
program about 7 years ago, though, when I had about 20 users a week.
Now, I have closer to 50,000 users a week, which is why I've moved it
to MySQL, and at the time didn't take this in to consideration.

Now, I'm sort of stuck using separate tables for different boards, so
that old links will continue to work.

Thanks for the tip,

Jason