>>I have a GRID that I have sorted by last name, first name that is contained within a Pageframe. The underlying table is Keyed on Familyid (Seq#). How do I get the maximum number from the Family table without changing the sort order and inserting a new row.
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>This code doesn't move the record pointer:
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>SELECT max(familyid) as maxfid;
> FROM FamilyTable ;
> INTO cJunk
>
>lnMaxFid = cJunk.maxfid
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It's good as long as buffering is off.