Re: Non-skipping IDs with Master-Detail

>In many accounting and invoice apps, ID numbers cannot skip. I
>have done a few apps like this without problems using other
>programming tools such as VB and Powerbuilder.
Maybe but apparently not in batchupdte mode
>I just don't
>understand why this is so complicated with Delphi. I'm
>probably missing something and I would like to know what.
Probably that considerations for batchupdate mode are different from direct
update


>By the way, in most applications, orders cannot be deleted..
>just cancelled. And cancelling each and every order simply
>because the user aborts the entry is definetely not good
>practice.
After an order is entered it should not be deleted. But if entry is non
completed there is no reason to keep it.


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