O4WGenerateID is a function that returns a guaranteed-unique identifier.
O4WGenerateID(prefix)
The function has the following parameters:
| Parameter | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| prefix | The prefix parameter is provided so that similar ids can be identified. An advantage of using O4WGenerateID is that any records using the returned ID, if used in the O4W temporary work table (available through the named common variable O4WTempFile%), will automatically be “cleaned up” after two days. | |
The unique id.