>>Hi
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>>I'm dealing with a system that in one area uses keys generated keys using GETDATE().
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>>This is producing duplicates sometimes.
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>>If I select GETDATE() in a loop it returns the same datetime through a lot of iterations . How often is the date and time refreshed and what sort of delay would I need to introduce to ensure I got a new date and time on each key generation.
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>>Thanks
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>Think the precision is one millisecond
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>Don't think a datetime is a good idea for a key.
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>Can you use a guid type field and use newsequentialid() ) to obtain a new key ?

Hi Gregory

its not my data. I'm loading data into a table thats normally populated by a different system and I'm emulating what that other system does to build a key.