>Does SQL Server tables have a Record # similar to vfp's recno() funtion ?
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>Thanks For Your Help !
>Stephen J. Hunt
In general, a database server does not have a record number. You must identify records by their primary key.
Precisely because there is no such thing as a record number, it is important that the table does, indeed, have a key which identifies each record uniquely.
Of course, if you get the data over a remote view, the records will have a recno() in VFP - but there is no guarantee that the record will have the same number next time.
About the primary keys, you may want to take a look at my article
http://www.utmag.com/wconnect/wc.dll?9,7,10,1599HTH,
Hilmar.
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