[Mediawiki-l] cl_to and id

[Charlotte Webb]

On 10/17/08, nsk <nsk at karastathis.org> wrote:
> Wouldn't it be nicer if cl_to in the categorylinks database table
> refered to cat_id rather than include the explicit category name?

Well unlike the articles, categories cannot be moved to a different
title while keeping the same id (only by deleting, re-creating with a
new title and id, and updating all pages belonging to it), so I'm not
sure where the efficiency gain would be.

—C.W.