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Getting next ID before insert - El Forum - 06-26-2013

[eluser]Pert[/eluser]
Bet the duplicate was 100,001 Wink

I like your reason for when merging databases.

I used to generate my own ideas with YYMMDDHHMMSS+random couple of numbers. Can't remember why we changed and started using auto increased DB indexing.


Getting next ID before insert - El Forum - 06-26-2013

[eluser]bazianm[/eluser]
Well, if you don't like UUIDs, couldn't you use UniqId()? I haven't used it, personally. I always used GUID in the MS world and just imprinted on UUID, I guess...