>Do I really need to have a stored procedure generating my unique id's rather than allowing SQL Server 7.0 to generate them for me?
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>Does the framework actually need to have an id generated before the save method fires?
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>If I'm never gonna work with any other database server do I need this?

I would recommend using a stored procedure vs. the built end generator in SQL 7. There has been uniqueness problems users have had using the generator. I have never had problems using stored procedures. This seems to be the standard based on articles and magazines for SQL Server.

Hope this helps.