> once you add the stored procedure and call it in the default value > function for that field in your table, the column will be generated > automatically when you add a record (ctrl y or append blank) I haven't mucked with this aspect of 5.0 all that much, so please bear with me. I want to insert a parent record and a bunch of children (the children are going into a few tables). How can I get the uniqueid back from the stored procedure, so that: 1) the children can have the right uniqueid form the parent; and 2) I know what record I just added? What I'm thinking of here is something like an invoice number that is a system defined visible key.