want to change ElementID datatype from int to long

[ferdiknight]

Now I want to use cleo to set up our typeahead system, but the native element id in cleo is int. I want to change this from int to long. Is there someting important that should I pay more attention to? Very thanks for reply ^.^

[abhiesa]

I too have same issue, I want id to be defined by user. I want to store, mongo Id as element id, which is not possible now.