>Does anyone know how to establish a field in Visual FoxPro database which acts as an AutoID? For example when a user enters a new record this particular field will automatically increment. I know how to do this in MS Access, but not in FoxPro. Can Anyone help?
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>Thanks,
>Bob
An easy way to do it would be to set the Default value for a Character(10) field in the table to "=SYS(2015)". This gives it a guaranteed unique value, similar to Access GUID. It's not sequential but it works great for primary keys.
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John Koziol, ex-MVP, ex-MS, ex-FoxTeam. Just call me "X"
"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro" - Hunter Thompson (Gonzo) RIP 2/19/05
