Removing [nid:n] in nodereference autocomplete

Question

Using the autocomplete field for a cck nodereference always displays the node id as a cryptic bracketed extension:

Page Title [nid:23]

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Answer 1

To anyone coming across this (rather old) topic by way of a google search - for Drupal 7 please consider using entityreference module and "Entity Reference" field type if possible.

You can acheive a lot more in configuration with an "Entity Reference" field. It doesn't have this problem with the nid in square brackets.