>>ID() function's been around awhile, can you use that?
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>I didn't even know that function existed. Try bringing up Help for that function "help id()". I get an error: "too many arguments" for "help id()" and "missing expression" for "help id" (VFP5/6)

You're right, the only mention of it I could 'Find' was in "non-supported dbase" stuff, and even there the description isn't right...I guess somebody's not encouraging its use, or maybe they've forgotten about it :)