>FUNCTION GetKey
>LPARAMETERS tcTable
>
>LOCAL lnArea, llOpened, liRetVal
>
>* Save current work area
>lnArea = SELECT()
>llOpened = .F.
>
>IF !USED("Keys")
> USE Keys IN 0 SHARED
> llOpened = .T.
>ENDIF
>SELECT Keys
>SET ORDER TO TAG Table
>
>I used GetKey("MyTableName") in the default of the Primary key
>in this table to generate a incremented number. what am i doing
>wrong?
>
>
>* FLOCK seems to work a bit better than RLOCK.
>* I've never had a problem with it.
>DO WHILE !FLOCK()
>ENDDO
>
>SEEK UPPER(tcTable)
>IF FOUND()
> liRetVal = NextId
> REPLACE NextId WITH NextId + 1
>ELSE
> INSERT INTO Keys (Table, NextId) VALUES (tcTable, 2)
> liRetVal = 1
>ENDIF
>
>FLUSH
>UNLOCK
>
>IF llOpened
> USE IN Keys
>ENDIF
>
>SELECT (lnArea)
>RETURN liRetVal
Jimmy,
That code looks like it came from my web site. What exactly is the problem you are getting?
Craig Berntson
MCSD, Microsoft .Net MVP, Grape City Community Influencer