diff --git a/sql/database-fill.sql b/sql/database-fill.sql
index 00f68447624045f0588de3c56100cad48d661a94..b9e80ac82147d89a8b2c8801e2c95a8c983ddb14 100644
--- a/sql/database-fill.sql
+++ b/sql/database-fill.sql
@@ -588,6 +588,7 @@ REPLACE INTO table_regex VALUES ('virt_nodes','type','text','regex','^[-\\w]*$',
 REPLACE INTO table_regex VALUES ('virt_nodes','failureaction','text','regex','^(fatal|nonfatal|ignore)$',0,0,NULL);
 REPLACE INTO table_regex VALUES ('virt_nodes','routertype','text','regex','^(none|ospf|static|manual|static-ddijk|static-old)$',0,0,NULL);
 REPLACE INTO table_regex VALUES ('virt_nodes','fixed','text','regex','^[-\\w]*$',0,32,NULL);
+REPLACE INTO table_regex VALUES ('virt_nodes','numeric_id','int','redirect','default:int',0,0,NULL);
 REPLACE INTO table_regex VALUES ('virt_programs','pid','text','redirect','projects:pid',0,0,NULL);
 REPLACE INTO table_regex VALUES ('virt_programs','eid','text','redirect','experiments:eid',0,0,NULL);
 REPLACE INTO table_regex VALUES ('virt_programs','vnode','text','redirect','virt_nodes:vname',0,0,NULL);