>>>Let's face it. NO system is 100% foolproof. That's why I check for existing values & trap errors.
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>>I thought that VFP already had a SYS function that returned a ten-character unique ID based on the time. From help, SYS(2015):
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>>Returns a unique 10-character procedure name that begins with an underscore followed by a combination of letters and numbers.
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>The difference is that Tom's function (with my small contribution, of course :)) gives the exact moment when the key was created. That can be necessary some times.

Vlad

Yeah it is nice when we can accomplish multiple tasks. But does that mean we are MultiTasking? <s>

Tom