It should not. These are the columns the topics table has:
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tid varchar(75) NOT NULL default '',
topic varchar(75) default NULL,
title varchar(128) default NULL,
imageurl varchar(255) default NULL,
meta_description TEXT NULL,
meta_keywords TEXT NULL,
sortnum smallint(3) default NULL,
limitnews tinyint(3) default NULL,
is_default tinyint(1) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
archive_flag tinyint(1) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
parent_id varchar(128) NOT NULL default 'root',
inherit tinyint(1) NOT NULL default '1',
hidden tinyint(1) NOT NULL default '0',
owner_id mediumint(8) unsigned NOT NULL default '1',
group_id mediumint(8) unsigned NOT NULL default '1',
perm_owner tinyint(1) unsigned NOT NULL default '3',
perm_group tinyint(1) unsigned NOT NULL default '3',
perm_members tinyint(1) unsigned NOT NULL default '2',
perm_anon tinyint(1) unsigned NOT NULL default '2',