If you're taking a database-agnostic approach I would generate them in code, so you don't have to write an SP for it in multiple databases. I would say there is no appreciable performance difference between a GUID and an integer as long as indexes are correct. -- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm
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