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Which autogenerated values do you use the most in your Prisma schemas? Let us know!

☝️ In the same realm, we have `uuid()` which is a Universally Unique ID.

This type is common across the web and Prisma supports version 4 (the default) and version 7.

⏰ Let's take a time out to talk about DateTimes. 

We've got a function called `now()` which will give us the current timestamp. 

This is useful when we want to track a DateTime at the moment the record is affected, like a `createdAt` field, for example.

🔬 Sticking with IDs, next up is `nanoid()`.

This ID type can vary in length. The function accepts an integer value between 2 and 255 that specifies the length of the generate ID (the default is 21).

📈 Next up is one you've probably seen before: `autoincrement()`.

This one is useful if you're tracking your IDs with an `Int` type and you want to automatically bump the number for new records.

🚗 First up, we've got `auto()`. This one's a bit of an outlier because it's only used in MongoDB.

Reach for this one to automatically generate an `ObjectId`!

You've probably used some attribute functions in your Prisma schema. 

These are the functions you can pass into `default()` to get an autogenerated value

But do you know all of them? 👀

Here's a rundown from A to Z 👇

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