I agree with Stephen. What exactly are you trying to accomplish?
On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 7:18 AM, Stephen Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Please don't do this. An ID should be not only unique, but have NO VALUE. > You are imparting value as "BigJ" and that is very wrong. Appending the # > 1,2,3 does not make it correct. > > > ......................... > Stephen Russell - > Senior Visual Studio Developer, DBA > > Memphis, TN > 901.246-0159 > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of BigJ > Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 10:51 PM > To: DotNetDevelopment, VB.NET, C# .NET, ADO.NET, ASP.NET, XML, XML Web > Services,.NET Remoting > Subject: [DotNetDevelopment] Auto-generating a primary key > > > I see a formula section, but not sure how to go about it. I basically > have an primary key called "EntryId" and I want to consist of UserId > +unique counter, so if UserId="BigJ", and it's my first entry, then > EntryId="BigJ1" and the next entry would be BigJ2 etc....any insight > as to how to accomplish this? I know there is a formula field and I am > looking into it, but any insight or simple examples are apreciated, as > I left my SQL book at home lol...Thanks... > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.9.4/1790 - Release Date: 11/17/2008 > 8:48 AM > > >
