Well, the Italian government has to raise the money to try to prevent Venice fm sinking - of course, gettin' 'em to agree to do anything about it is probably a larger challenge than preventing a Venetian Submergence ...
Later, Steve in Memphis ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alastair Burr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 12:25 PM Subject: Re: Auto Number > And please don't let anyone mention the tax laws in Italy! <g> > My head still aches and it's well over a year since I had any dealings with > them. > > Regards, > Alastair. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gunnar Ekblad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 4:51 PM > Subject: RE: Auto Number > > > > Steve in Memphis > > As an old rbase programer that this days run an accountant company I > > give just one example why sequence should be contigus. If you run an > > invocing routine and suddenly Invoice # 1563 is not there you account > > might ask you where is have you taken it out of the books since you got > > cashpayment? At least in Sweden that would be very profitable but > > illegal from a tax point of view. So the problem is a real > > bussniesproblem. > > Sometimes what I do due to this autonum problem is what I call a manual > > autonum, that is to say : set v vmax compute max inv# fro invoice;set > > vmax to (.vmax +1) before the entryform. > > But thanks for all tips in the conversation now I can give my > > oldfashioned solution and maybe start use autonum more > > Gunnar > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > On Behalf Of J. Stephen Wills > > Sent: den 21 november 2002 16:51 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: Auto Number > > > > Steve, could I ask a couple of Q's? > > > > 1) Are the paper forms (pre-)printed w/sequential ID's? > > 2) If not, must the AUTONUM'd ID's be contiguous? > > > > TIA, > > Steve in Memphis > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Steve Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 1:37 AM > > Subject: Auto Number > > > > > > > To All: > > > > > > I have created a simple application that stores permit data in one > > > table. Other tables exist as look-up tables to fill in repetitive > > alpha > > > data in the input form using numerical codes. The input form has an > > > autonumber column that generates a sequential id number. On completion > > of > > > the last field of the form, pressing the "enter" key obviously brings > > up a > > > new blank form with a incremented id number. Works great, especially > > when > > > one enters 50 to 100 forms in a single session. The only problem is > > that > > > if you entered the form by mistake, the autonumber column increments. > > Even > > > though you exit with "discard row" the autonumber remains incremented > > as > > > expected. The work around is to remember to exit the last instance of > > > completing the form with "esc" and "save". Not very elegant, but it > > works. > > > Now I am going to guess that it is bad form to bring up a new form > > without > > > asking if you want to enter another form each time. I am sure there is > > a > > > better way to control autonumber more effectively. And I want to > > minimize > > > the additional keystrokes needed on a repetitive basis to prevent > > instances > > > of an unwanted incremented autonumber column. Suggestions? > > > > > > > > > Steve > > > > > > > > > > > > ================================================ > > > TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: > > > Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l > > > ================================================ > > > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l > > > ================================================ > > > TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/ > > > > ================================================ > > TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: > > Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l > > ================================================ > > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l > > ================================================ > > TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/ > > > > ================================================ > > TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: > > Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l > > ================================================ > > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l > > ================================================ > > TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/ > > ================================================ > TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: > Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l > ================================================ > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l > ================================================ > TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: > http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/ ================================================ TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l ================================================ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l ================================================ TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/
