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Hi Tom,

> Yes of course. I think it's down to your personal preference. I'd rather not
>  be painted in to a corner with my database unless it really is going to save
>  me a massive amount of time and IMHO cake does not. It's totally unnecessary
>  to have an auto id field on something that has such a strong candidate key.
>  It also means I potentially have to join more tables than I need to.

from a pure db design perspective sure - but is there really that much
harm in having an auto_increment id coupled with a unique index for
the username field? A lot of cake's form behaviour is based around
either having or not having an ID, by leaving off you're handicapping
the framework.

I think that's the crux of the issue really, if you want and only ever
want to do things your way then a framework will never suit you - if
on the other hand you are prepared to overlook small issues like the
above and just get on with things, you'll be fine.

cheers,

jon

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