How to use custom IDs | Convex Community | Page 1

lament silo Jun 9, 2025, 12:14 PM

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Hello, I'm wondering if there's a way to use custom IDs in _id? I want to use ULID, Snowflakes, or some other generation method which can be K-sortable since I'm trying to make a messaging app with querying of before and after a possibly deleted message, only possible by using lesser than and greater than on the IDs which would need to be sortable (unless they already are and I'm misunderstanding?).

rapid shardBOT Jun 9, 2025, 12:14 PM

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wraith oyster Jun 24, 2025, 5:41 PM

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Not currently - maybe a deleted message has it's content wiped but the message record remains so you have access to _creationTime and can use that for before/after?

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