>To the subject at hand: Do you mean assignment via stored procedure?

Right. I have a proc in there called GetPK() and I set that as the default value for every primary key field in every table.

>But I have had "hiccups" in apps where the stored procedure didn't fire and then the next time an APPEND BLANK is issue....kablam....

Yikes. :)

>BTW: I enjoy your posts.....very well thought out.....

Thanks very much, John; I appreciate that a lot, coming from you. You're not so bad yourself--for a Libertarian :)