Is there a way to prevent the "task id" from changing automatically when a task is moved or inserted?

When moving a task in Project 2010 I've found task IDs also change. This is not the desired result. If a task is moved for whatever reason the task ID should not change. It should be consistent to the task. For example, I've created
a new project with five tasks as shown on the left below.
I've numbered the tasks to coincide with the task ID as originally created. If I move Task 4 to be after Task 1 the moved task and all subsequent tasks are renumbered as shown on the right below.
This is not the desired result. The expectation is the task ID is unique to the task when the task is created. It should never change after the fact. I view the task ID as the identity field for the task. In database terms this means
it NEVER EVER arbitrarily changes.
A similar problem occurs if a task is inserted between two tasks. If I insert task 6 after task 2 the task IDs are renumbered as shown.
Again, the task ID should never have been arbitrarily changed. This creates a referencing problem because task 6 should have had the next available higher task ID which should have been 6 and all the tasks after task 6 would not have been renumbered.
The only work around to this behavior is to create a custom number field called "Task ID" and manually assign numbers to each task. This makes referencing the tasks easy when communicating with team members. Using the built-in task
id as a reference risks the task ID being lost at any point and confusion for team members.
Is there a way to turn-off task ID renumbering when a task is moved or inserted?
Ideally any inserted task should be the next higher available task ID.
Thanks

Hi,
not sure where to find original post. In RDB, it is MSP_EpmTask_UserView.TaskClientUniqueId.
Sorry, if there are now 2 answers.
Regards
Barbara
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Sorry, if there are now 2 answers.
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