Would this be a worthwhile enhancement request through U2UG?
Are Ken and I the only ones whining about this:

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> Ideally of course, the ID would be allocated by the DBMS 
> transparently when the record is inserted into the file, but 
> neither U2 product supports that concept as far as I know

I don't know why it isn't already there.

> (perhaps you could use a trigger, but ...).

hmmmm...

>  so the next best 
> would be simply to move the ID allocation to be the very last 
> step in the transaction.  Process everything under a dummy 
> key,

unless this new foreign key is needed to be stored in another file.

> then when all is ready and complete, do the ID 
> allocation.  If using explicit TRANSACTION boundaries then do 
> this as the last IO inside the transaction and the issue of 
> locks being held until the COMMIT/ROLLBACK should cease to be 
> significant.

unless modular coding (which is generally a good idea) has these buried
in external blackbox subroutines.

cds
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