On 4/17/2012 8:06 PM, Paul McNett wrote: > I remember going on a drinking binge and pledging to get off VFP for good > when I > found that one out the hard way.
So you had the same experience with negative keys being used (#FAIL!) in comboboxes? > > FYI when I can, I don't use integer keys anymore at all. I use UUID's. Much > more > portable and offline clients can generate their own PK's with no danger of > dupes. I contemplated that awhile back. I even adjusted my framework to generate 40-char GUIDs. I just prefer the integer keys for ease of use and visual simplicity when I need to run quick simple queries. -- Mike Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC President, Chief Software Architect http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com http://fabmate.com http://twitter.com/mbabcock16 _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.

