ok...so you're saying it would be better just to use the unique timestamp as
my unique identifier?

On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 8:00 AM, Joe Enos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>
> If after all of this you still want to proceed, I'd suggest a two-
> column primary key, with the userid being the first part, and a new
> regular integer being the second part.  You can store "lastentryid" or
> "nextentryid" in an int column on the user table, then reference it
> whenever you need to insert a record.
>
> I don't think you can both access and increment this column from
> inside a function, so I think you'd either need to have your entire
> statement inside of a stored proc, or use two separate commands.
>
> On Nov 17, 9:50 pm, BigJ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 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...
>

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