Database.getIDAllocationStyle


getIDAllocationStyle(attrType)

Returns the manner by which attribute IDs are automatically allocated. Two techniques are available "fromEnd", which behaves like V13, and gives each new attribute an index calculated as one higher than the current highest. Conversely "fillgaps" will reuse IDs where attributes have been deleted.

attrTypestring "Loading", "Support", "Material", etc
Return valuestring"fillgaps", "fromend"

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