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Posted on by dhofknecht 36

Hi All,

I've got a New Item form in my application that uses a SQL Express database.  I am trying to set the default property on the ID field so that it will be the Top ID + 1.  Does anyone know how to do this?  The data type is Number but I'm having issues pulling the top ID.  Does this need to be done through a collection? Any help is appreciated!

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    It would be smarter to use an AutoIncreament type for ID since it would automatically put the ID number in the database and you would not have to manually set it.

     

    However, if you want to mannually get the last ID ou can use Last() function.

    Last('[dbo].[YourDatabase]').ID

     

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