Dorris Beaird wrote:
>Just out of idle curiosity, if this is a single user system why are you using a sledgehammer to drive a finishing nail? If all you want is the next number in line, why not
>Select Issue
>set order to tag issue_pk
>go bott
>nextval = str(val(issue_pk)+1) ??

'Cause I'd rather look at two lines of code instead of 4...

>And please, don't bother to grade this reply. I'm a programmer, not a professional writer or an English teacher (although I have worked as a tutor in both)

BTW, yours is the ONLY reply I've received lately that wasn't *loaded* with grammatical/spelling errors, guess that tutoring work has paid off...<g> And, whether you want it or not, you get an A! Most programmers are like NASCAR drivers, you may admire their work, but God forbid they open their mouths (or, in the case of programmers, submit a message)...It's embarassing.

-RW-