Re: DB "KEY" problems ... Multi-tier

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From: Mark Cashman (TeamB BCB)
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 00:00

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Hi, Tom!

In almost every case it is far better to avoid use of autoincrement and
generate your keys from a table in the database.

Have a look at


http://www.temporaldoorway.com/programming/cbuilder/databaseandbde/generateuniqueid.htm

for details on how to accomplish this.

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