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Using trigger to generate unique ID

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08/02/1997 05:57:32

Tom O'Hare
Independent Programmer
Orlando, Florida, United States

07/02/1997 17:38:41

Dave Johns
Csc Inc.
Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States

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Visual FoxPro

Category:

Coding, syntax & commands

Title:

Re: Using trigger to generate unique ID

Miscellaneous

Thread ID:

00019635

Message ID:

00019686

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>can this be done? i'm trying to generate a unique id with the insert record trigger, and am told i can't update the cursor because it's read only...

A better place would be in the Fields Tab/Field Validation/Default Value. Cursors are read-only -- Views are updateable.

HTH,
Tom

Tom
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