Stephen
think about it last night why do you
1/ Code the 'generator' using a global table with an identity column
ie
create proc GetID as
begin
declare @NewID int
insert into GenTable (InUse) values ('Y')
set @NewID = @@identitiy
return @NewID
end
then call this outside your transaction
-- get id's
exec @NewID1 = GetID
begin tran
commit
occasionally you could clear the GenTable or use is as a log
or you could supplement your GetID proc with a reuse code to reuse any
ID's not used (not that i'd suggest this)
create proc FreeID @ID integer as
begin
update GenTable set InUse = 'N' where GenTableID = @ID
end
and alter GetID to check for possible Free ID's
HTH
Neven
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