>>>Thanks Trey
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>>Yep. You can set it with DBSETPROP(), unlike the default for a table field. e.g.,
>>DBSetProp("v_ticket.p_ticket", "Field", "Default", "NextKey()")
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>But I can not see how it would help me since my Nextkey routine will return a different value if it is called twice.
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>And since my Nextkey routine just uses a replace anyway I would expect to still be in the same boat.

It won't get called twice. Since the p_ticket field in the inserted record in the view already has a value, the default of the p_ticket in the table won't fire when the view is updated.
If you don't believe me, try it and see :)