> Hi,
>
> I'm wondering if it's possible to regenerate the increment id's in an
> AutoIncrement Column?
>
> My situation is this...I have a client application that is recieving a
> several DataTables from a service. The DataTables contain an auto
> increment
> column which is guaranteed to be unique within that table but I need to
> merge
> the tables together to create a new table and still have a unique column.
>
> Orignally I was taking the first table as a base and then adding new rows
> to
> this for the other tables using LoadDataRow since the structure will
> always
> be the same.
>
> Since the format of each table is the same I'm using
> LoadDataRow(myRowToAdd). I have tried creating a new AutoIncrementColumn
> and
> LoadingDataRow but this doesn't work, I end up with NULLS in the new
> Column
> and of course non unique values in the existing.
>
> So I guess my question is what is the best way to create this new
> autoincrement column? I'm hoping I don't have to loop through the
> datatables
> that come in because I will be recieving updates to all this data and
> think
> this could be quite slow.
>
> Any help appreciated.
>
> Thanks

> Hi Cor,
>
> Thanks for the suggestion. I have used the GUID before but in this case it
> won't help me. I should have mentioned why I was wanting the AutoIncrement
> Column...
>
> I have an initial dataload stage which see's my client recieve several
> data
> tables, each of these is combined into one table and then bound to a grid.
> I
> also will recieve updates to the initial data loads and new datarows as
> time
> goes on. I was using the AutoIncrement column as a Row Indexer something
> along the lines of code below (excuse syntax errors). This just saves me
> looping through the initial data table for each update I have and hence
> it's
> a bit quicker. Otherwise I might be looping through my initial data table
> (2000 records) just to update 2 rows. Perhaps there is a better way to do
> this...?
>
> Thanks
>
>
> string uniqueIdent = myUpdateRow["UniqueKey"].ToString();
>
> DataRow foundRow = myInitialData.Find(uniqueIdent);
>
> if(foundRow != null) //it's an update
> {
> int rowIdx = (int)foundRow["myAutoIncrementCol"].ToString();
>
> //Loop through all columns in the row to see if any values have changed
> using RowIdx
> myInitialData.Rows[rowIdx][colIdx] != updateRow[colIdx]
> }
> else //New Record
> {
> myInitialData.LoadDataRow(updateRow);
> }
>
>
>
> "Cor Ligthert [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Neil,
>>
>> Therefore try to forget in this century the simple autoincrement id and
>> use
>> the Global Unique Identifier (GUID) in SQL the Unique Identifier to make
>> ID's. You know, you are not the first with the problems you are
>> describing.
>>
>> Just my thought,
>>
>> Cor
>>
>> "Neil" <Neil@discussions.microsoft.com> schreef in bericht
>> news:B5DB0625-3D92-426F-9A0F-8B310F322697@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I'm wondering if it's possible to regenerate the increment id's in an
>> > AutoIncrement Column?
>> >
>> > My situation is this...I have a client application that is recieving a
>> > several DataTables from a service. The DataTables contain an auto
>> > increment
>> > column which is guaranteed to be unique within that table but I need to
>> > merge
>> > the tables together to create a new table and still have a unique
>> > column.
>> >
>> > Orignally I was taking the first table as a base and then adding new
>> > rows
>> > to
>> > this for the other tables using LoadDataRow since the structure will
>> > always
>> > be the same.
>> >
>> > Since the format of each table is the same I'm using
>> > LoadDataRow(myRowToAdd). I have tried creating a new
>> > AutoIncrementColumn
>> > and
>> > LoadingDataRow but this doesn't work, I end up with NULLS in the new
>> > Column
>> > and of course non unique values in the existing.
>> >
>> > So I guess my question is what is the best way to create this new
>> > autoincrement column? I'm hoping I don't have to loop through the
>> > datatables
>> > that come in because I will be recieving updates to all this data and
>> > think
>> > this could be quite slow.
>> >
>> > Any help appreciated.
>> >
>> > Thanks
>>
>>
>>

"Cor Ligthert [MVP]" <notmyfirstname@planet.nl> wrote in message
news:uiJrA1tQHHA.4744@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Neil,
>
> Are you sure that you cannot use the merge.
>
> http://www.vb-tips.com/dbpages.aspx?ID=edb1409d-5394-468f-a63f-de3a5d92b14a
>
> Cor
>
>
> "Neil" <Neil@discussions.microsoft.com> schreef in bericht
> news:B382BAF3-55AD-489D-8B2B-87148F26DF8E@microsoft.com...
>> Hi Cor,
>>
>> Thanks for the suggestion. I have used the GUID before but in this case
>> it
>> won't help me. I should have mentioned why I was wanting the
>> AutoIncrement
>> Column...
>>
>> I have an initial dataload stage which see's my client recieve several
>> data
>> tables, each of these is combined into one table and then bound to a
>> grid. I
>> also will recieve updates to the initial data loads and new datarows as
>> time
>> goes on. I was using the AutoIncrement column as a Row Indexer something
>> along the lines of code below (excuse syntax errors). This just saves me
>> looping through the initial data table for each update I have and hence
>> it's
>> a bit quicker. Otherwise I might be looping through my initial data table
>> (2000 records) just to update 2 rows. Perhaps there is a better way to do
>> this...?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>> string uniqueIdent = myUpdateRow["UniqueKey"].ToString();
>>
>> DataRow foundRow = myInitialData.Find(uniqueIdent);
>>
>> if(foundRow != null) //it's an update
>> {
>> int rowIdx = (int)foundRow["myAutoIncrementCol"].ToString();
>>
>> //Loop through all columns in the row to see if any values have changed
>> using RowIdx
>> myInitialData.Rows[rowIdx][colIdx] != updateRow[colIdx]
>> }
>> else //New Record
>> {
>> myInitialData.LoadDataRow(updateRow);
>> }
>>
>>
>>
>> "Cor Ligthert [MVP]" wrote:
>>
>>> Neil,
>>>
>>> Therefore try to forget in this century the simple autoincrement id and
>>> use
>>> the Global Unique Identifier (GUID) in SQL the Unique Identifier to make
>>> ID's. You know, you are not the first with the problems you are
>>> describing.
>>>
>>> Just my thought,
>>>
>>> Cor
>>>
>>> "Neil" <Neil@discussions.microsoft.com> schreef in bericht
>>> news:B5DB0625-3D92-426F-9A0F-8B310F322697@microsoft.com...
>>> > Hi,
>>> >
>>> > I'm wondering if it's possible to regenerate the increment id's in an
>>> > AutoIncrement Column?
>>> >
>>> > My situation is this...I have a client application that is recieving a
>>> > several DataTables from a service. The DataTables contain an auto
>>> > increment
>>> > column which is guaranteed to be unique within that table but I need
>>> > to
>>> > merge
>>> > the tables together to create a new table and still have a unique
>>> > column.
>>> >
>>> > Orignally I was taking the first table as a base and then adding new
>>> > rows
>>> > to
>>> > this for the other tables using LoadDataRow since the structure will
>>> > always
>>> > be the same.
>>> >
>>> > Since the format of each table is the same I'm using
>>> > LoadDataRow(myRowToAdd). I have tried creating a new
>>> > AutoIncrementColumn
>>> > and
>>> > LoadingDataRow but this doesn't work, I end up with NULLS in the new
>>> > Column
>>> > and of course non unique values in the existing.
>>> >
>>> > So I guess my question is what is the best way to create this new
>>> > autoincrement column? I'm hoping I don't have to loop through the
>>> > datatables
>>> > that come in because I will be recieving updates to all this data and
>>> > think
>>> > this could be quite slow.
>>> >
>>> > Any help appreciated.
>>> >
>>> > Thanks
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>