Why not set your ID to be a uniqueue identifier, then generate the ID with CF...
This should keep the ID unique for that Add... On 07/12/06, Doug Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am needing to get the next available ID from my (permanent)advertisements > table and be able to hang onto it until a user checks out and I do a final > insert. What happens is the user does the following things. > > 1. User clicks on (Create advertisement) link and that is when I need to get > the new ID for insert from the final ads table. > > 2. User creates ad and it is placed into a temporary ads table until checkout > is complete. I need to place this (ID) into this table temporarily. > > 3. Once user completes checkout and I receive back verification, I will be > quering the temp table and inserting the results into the final ads table. > > > I am wondering how I can go about this while guaranteeing that the ID > selected will not get used by another user during this process. I think there > was another post touching on the subject earlier, but I think it was a little > different scenario. > > > > > > Any help is appreciated. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:263119 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
