>>>>Hi All,
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>>>>My problem is, when I add a new person to my Parent table I also need to add theit Social Security number to about 8 other tables (SSAN is a candidate key). I don't know how to go about creating a custom procedure and modify my referential integrity. Is there anybody out there who have these same requirements and how did you go about accomplishing the task. Using VFP 5.0.
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>>>>Thanks in advance
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>>>>Jon
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>>>YIKES!!!!!
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>>>Are you using SSN as a key????? YIKES!!!! SSN is NOT unique. There are duplicates. I went to college with two people that had the same SSN. Talk about a nightmare.
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>>They should be unique identifiers for U.S. citizens, but due to fraud/error it's possible to have trouble, as you say...
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>In the military those duplicates are usually weeded out!
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>Jon

You're right, see my reply to Craig. I forgot to include the military, they use SSNs too, don't they?