Max Møller Rasmussen wrote:
What am I doing wrong here ... please !!
I am trying to make an autoincrementing counter for use in a diskussion forum. It's purpose is to autogenereate id's for new messages.
It is important that the id's are in order, so I need to make them this way.
Is it more important that they be in an order, or that they be in a specific sequential list? For example, an id based upon time stamp would indeed provide IDs that re orderable (thus handling the in order part). While a list od IDs named 1,2,3,4... is more like a 'linked list', where you know what follows and what precedes a given id. However, by using objectIds, you can obtian a list of ids in a given object (folder), and thus provide one for yourself, if needed. FTR, I have implemented both ways of doing it. I am leaning towards the timestamp as being more effective, & simpler. -- E PLURIBUS LINUX