docs/sql/wb_id_counters.md
# wb_id_counters
Part of the @ref docs_storage_id-counters storage system.
**Fields:**
- **id_value**
- The value of the counter; this is used to get a new unique id for the next new item or property or lexeme entry created.
- **id_type**
- Unique name of the type of identifier
- Standalone Wikibase will only have the following rows:
- wikibase-item
- wikibase-property
```
+----------+------------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
+----------+------------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| id_value | int(10) unsigned | NO | | NULL | |
| id_type | varbinary(32) | NO | | NULL | |
+----------+------------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
```
**Extra Indexes:**
- id_type
**Example data:**
| id_value | id_type |
| ----------| ----------------- |
| 79601251 | wikibase-item |
| 229724 | wikibase-lexeme |
| 7728 | wikibase-property |