diff --git a/app/models/post_comment_models.py b/app/models/post_comment_models.py
index fef90df..a248646 100644
--- a/app/models/post_comment_models.py
+++ b/app/models/post_comment_models.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import datetime, pytz
 
-from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Set, Union
+from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Set, Union, ClassVar
 from pydantic import BaseModel, EmailStr, Field, Json, PrivateAttr, ValidationError, validator, root_validator
 
 from app.db_sql import redis_lookup_id_random
@@ -21,9 +21,13 @@ class Post_Comment_Base(BaseModel):
     id: Optional[str] = Field(None, **base_fields['post_comment_id_random'])
     post_comment_id: Optional[str] = Field(None, **base_fields['post_comment_id_random'])
     post_id: Optional[str] = Field(None, **base_fields['post_id_random'])
+    account_id: Optional[str] = Field(None, **base_fields['account_id_random'])
     person_id: Optional[str] = Field(None, **base_fields['person_id_random'])
     user_id: Optional[str] = Field(None, **base_fields['user_id_random'])
 
+    # --- Standardized Legacy / Internal IDs (Excluded) ---
+    id_random: Optional[str] = Field(None, alias='post_comment_id_random', exclude=True)
+
     external_person_id: Optional[str] # Person ID generated by external system (should be stable and not change)
 
     title: Optional[str]
@@ -62,24 +66,36 @@ class Post_Comment_Base(BaseModel):
         Map DB keys to clean API keys and strip internal integers.
         """
         # 1. Map Random Strings to Clean Names
-        if rid := values.get('id_random') or values.get('post_comment_id_random'):
+        rid = values.get('id_random') or values.get('post_comment_id_random')
+        if rid and isinstance(rid, str):
             values['id'] = rid
             values['post_comment_id'] = rid
             
-        if p_rid := values.get('post_id_random'):
-            values['post_id'] = p_rid
-        if per_rid := values.get('person_id_random'):
-            values['person_id'] = per_rid
-        if u_rid := values.get('user_id_random'):
-            values['user_id'] = u_rid
+        if p_rid := values.get('post_id_random'): values['post_id'] = p_rid
+        if a_rid := values.get('account_id_random'): values['account_id'] = a_rid
+        if per_rid := values.get('person_id_random'): values['person_id'] = per_rid
+        if u_rid := values.get('user_id_random'): values['user_id'] = u_rid
             
-        # 2. Prevent "Collision Population"
-        for k in ['id', 'post_comment_id', 'post_id', 'person_id', 'user_id']:
+        # 2. Prevent "Collision Population" or leakage of integers in string fields
+        # Note: During a POST (create), IDs are resolved to integers.
+        # We only delete them if a string version was successfully mapped above.
+        for k in ['id', 'post_comment_id', 'post_id', 'account_id', 'person_id', 'user_id']:
             if k in values and not isinstance(values[k], str):
-                del values[k]
+                # Only delete if we have a random ID counterpart indicating we are in "Read" mode
+                # or if the integer is not strictly required for the current operation.
+                if values.get(f'{k}_random') or (k=='id' and values.get('id_random')):
+                    del values[k]
+                else:
+                    # It's a raw integer from the DB/view result (e.g. from v_post_comment)
+                    # We MUST delete it from the string field to avoid ValidationError
+                    del values[k]
                 
         return values
 
+    # Fields that are part of the model (for reading) but should not be saved to the DB table.
+    # account_id is joined from the 'post' table in the v_post_comment view.
+    fields_to_exclude_from_db: ClassVar[list] = ['account_id']
+
     class Config:
         underscore_attrs_are_private = True
         allow_population_by_field_name = False
diff --git a/app/object_definitions/cms.py b/app/object_definitions/cms.py
index d5fdd3b..eefdc92 100644
--- a/app/object_definitions/cms.py
+++ b/app/object_definitions/cms.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ cms_obj_li = {
             ],
         # V3 Search Security:
         'searchable_fields': [
-            'id', 'account_id', 'person_id', 'user_id',
+            'id', 'account_id', 'person_id', 'user_id', 'external_person_id',
             'post_id_random', 'account_id_random', 'organization_id_random',
             'person_id_random', 'user_id_random', 'external_person_id', 'title', 'content',
             'type_code', 'topic_code', 'category_code', 'tags', 'location',
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ cms_obj_li = {
             ],
         # V3 Search Security:
         'searchable_fields': [
-            'id', 'post_id', 'person_id', 'user_id', 'account_id',
+            'id', 'post_id', 'account_id', 'person_id', 'user_id', 'external_person_id',
             'post_comment_id_random', 'account_id_random', 'post_id_random',
             'person_id_random', 'user_id_random', 'content', 'enable', 'hide',
             'priority', 'sort', 'group', 'notes', 'created_on', 'updated_on'