switched to modern serial method for tables

devdocs/todo.txt

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 PRIORITY - ALWAYS Lowest level stuff first
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-todo: add query fail logging to datalist just like done with picklist so in production can catch mysterious problems more easily
+todo: switch to Identity column from serial column as it's the proper way to do autoid in postgres now
+
 todo: AUTO ID GENERATOR 
 	change to a dedicated spot in global rather than inferring as it is not right practically for reasons
   		Get the auto-id most recent values at boot time
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ todo: AUTO ID GENERATOR
 		Instead have central location for storing serial numbers (perhaps one per table type for concurrency efficieny? Though it's a pretty fast operation.)
 			Do not put in shared object though, i.e. global settings or something because it's going to be it's own thing and require efficient access.
 		Maybe this is a case for a stored procedure?
+
 todo: change trial detection route that client first hits
 	- make it a different controller and renamed to something like server ping or "hello" or something friendly and useful
 	- maybe the route that gets Notifications