>>Thanks Trey

>
>Yep. You can set it with DBSETPROP(), unlike the default for a table field. e.g.,
>DBSetProp("v_ticket.p_ticket", "Field", "Default", "NextKey()")

But I can not see how it would help me since my Nextkey routine will return a different value if it is called twice.

And since my Nextkey routine just uses a replace anyway I would expect to still be in the same boat.