We are moving all of our apps to vfp8 and are considering replacing our primary keys with an auto increment to save overhead checking a settings file etc, but i remembered reading something about it acting funny but i cannot remember exactly what it was.
Slán
~M


>I have not noticed anything 'funny' about a table with an auto increment field, but I'll keep a close eye on this thread to see if anybody else has.
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>I have a caution regarding the auto increment field though. Make sure you do not try to use a table including an auto increment field in any apps build using VFP prior to VFP8. It is just common sense but it gave am a couple of gray hairs <s>
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>Einar
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>>hi all,
>>does anyone know if there is anything funny with the auto increment field? i think that i read somewhere that it was in the habbit of going slow for particular command.
>>Thanks
>>Slán
>>~M