>Thanks Fred:)
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>>SET Devil's Advocate ON
>>So now what happens if someone deletes the new positive value DK record again?
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>Well the system crashes causing thousands of pounds worth down time of course.
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>DOH!
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>Lol...I spotted that one seconds after I pressed the send button.
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>Ok then....how about we stick with minus values for deleted records but have a new minus generated PK for each deleted record.
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>So in my nextkey table I have a key called PK_DELETED and it returns a unique minus PK for any record I delete.

So, the next question is..... Why bother? Just leave the PK alone, and generate an entirely new one for the new record. What's the problem with that???? Or did I miss something here. :/

>BTW what hourly rate is the Devil offering these days:)

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