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.



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