>Yes... I know and respect your opinion... but disagree with it. All the arguments I have heard against them are either implentation issues or View Designer issues.
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Right...view designer issues...lets think outside the Fox box here...<s> Also, it appears this person is using SPT, not the view designer...

>Your correct... in this case he was specifically speaking of @@IDENTITY which is a SQL Server animal... but, to say a DBA won't allow any other technique like this, or that it is not accpetable to use in a SQL Server environment is also not correct. I work WITH DBA's not for them.
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In many orgs, DBA's are the gatekeeper to enterprise data. And yes, you need to abide by many of their rules. And, there is such a thing as best practices...

Identity fields work just fine... One needs to understand how tha animal works. One cannot stop at ones interpretation of how he/she *thinks* they work...