[rt-users] Serial Num Kludge

[Jesse]

On Mon, Aug 13, 2001 at 09:37:46AM +1000, Teo de Hesselle wrote:
> 
> We're doing a phased transition to RT2 - I hope to have 'them' using rt2
> very soon. In the meantime, The serial number in RT2 is 600+, while our
> RT1 serial num is 4000+. 

Uh. you're going to run into a lot of problems with tickets from RT1 and RT2
that have the same serial number.


> Will it break anything if I temporarily change a ticket's id to '4999',
> create a new ticket, and then change the '4999' back to '6xx' ?

That should be a fine kludge. ;)

> I ask this because it's already been done. I have a complete backup of
> the mysql database to fall back on if I need to. Did I just dig a hole
> for myself ?
> 
> Also, is it dangerous to purge out old tickets? This is sorta the same
> question, I guess - will RT mind if there are gaps in the 'id' namespace
> ?

Well, RT may get somewhat confused if someoen tries to do something to a purged
ticket...

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