>>A table in SQL Server has a PK column, Identity. I would like to be able to add a row/record to the table without actually setting the value in the PK column, until the VFP 9 application saves the row/record. I think the only way to do it is to be able to "get" the next PK value (Identity) without actually adding a row. Then, then user Saves the record, add new row. But then (as I type it, I realize) the PK column will get a new Identity value.
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>>Is something like I am describing above possible?
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>A primary key with Identity definition will auto generate the value by itself. As soon as you insert a new row, that field is populated automatically by SQL Server. That is the best approach to use. There used to be a time when we had to use our own routines to generate such key. I haven't heard of that being done manually since years now.
Thank you.
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