>How do I convert this VFP code to a SQL stored procedure:
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>PROCEDURE GetNextId(cKeyName)
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>LOCAL nRetVal
>nRetVal = 0

Just as a heads up but DON'T do pKeys in SQL like VFP. It's so much easier to let the Server do it the servers way. Why keep a kludge like that in a modern backend?

When you start getting into transactions in your SP's you will take a beating. It's the hard lesson in switching that few VFP people get on the front end.

Why lock every insert around a single table? Poor design, unless you like to create bottle necks. Then you can say the db's performance is crap. It's rather that you brought your indy car to a dirt track and you wonder why it's tough to drive.

__Stephen