Thanks again
Daniel


At 09:24 PM 22/05/2001 +0200, you wrote:

> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: Daniel Bertin [mailto:daniel@...]
> >
> > thanks Helen,
> >
> > disp := datamodule1.IB_Connection1.Gen_ID(GEN_DISP_LEG_DISPNO,1);
> > showmessage(inttostr(disp));
> >
> > disp = 2
> >
> >
> > datamodule1.IBOtable1.fieldbyname('dispno').asinteger :=
> >
> > datamodule1.IB_Connection1.Gen_ID(GEN_DISP_LEG_DISPNO,1);
> >
> >
> > does it update the generator counter automaticaly? like the next time
>it
> > is
> > called (when another user does an insert) or another call like the
>one
> > above?
> >
>GEN_ID will increment the Generator exactly the amount given in the
>call, in your case 1.
>Generators are running outside of transactions and users, so a call for
>GEN_ID will increment the Generator unrecoverable and intermittently
>(and also not through a rollback).
>Every other user calling GEN_ID will get an again incremented version.
>Even if two users call GEN_ID for one generator at exactly the same time
>will get two different values, as calls for GEN_ID are serialized in the
>server-engine.
>
>
> > thanks again for staightening this out for me.( and the delete
>question
> > also).
> >
> > Daniel
> >
>
>
>
>
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