# RowID turning into text column

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/rowid-turning-into-text-column/73058>\
**Category:** Report a Bug\
**Created:** [May 4, 2024, 4:58am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/rowid-turning-into-text-column/73058 "2024-05-04T04:58:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![jcabs13](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jcabs13/32/56333_2.png) [@jcabs13](https://community.glideapps.com/u/jcabs13)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2024, 4:58am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/rowid-turning-into-text-column/73058/1 "2024-05-04T04:58:43Z")

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As mentioned in the title, all the RowID columns in all the Glide tables in my app randomly switched to a text column. I have deleted, signed out and back in, and re-added and no luck. As soon as I add the RowID column back into a table it immediately becomes a text column.

In testing, creating an entirely new Glide table will allow the RowID and have it work properly but I don’t want to rebuild everything into entirely new Glide tables, especially if they might just randomly break again…

I’ve also undone and re-done row owner columns thinking that might be related, but the issue persisted regardless.

I don’t understand what happened and why this broke so unexpectedly. Has anyone experienced similar issues? Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2024, 5:07am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/rowid-turning-into-text-column/73058/2 "2024-05-04T05:07:33Z")

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A RowID column _is_ a text column, albeit a special kind of text column.

The important thing is whether or not it functions properly as a RowID column. The easy way to test that is to add a row to the table. The RowID column should automatically be populated. Is that what happens in your case?

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/system/32/53398_2.png) [@system](https://community.glideapps.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2024, 5:08am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/rowid-turning-into-text-column/73058/3 "2024-05-11T05:08:25Z")

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