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Kbase P59550: How does the DBTASKID function work ?
Autor   Progress Software Corporation - Progress
Acesso   Público
Publicação   10/7/2010
Status: Unverified

GOAL:

How does the DBTASKID function work ?

GOAL:

Does the DBTASKID function return a unique value ?

GOAL:

What is the limit of DBTASKID ?

FACT(s) (Environment):

Progress 9.x
Progress 8.1x
Progress 8.2x
Progress 8.3x
OpenEdge 10.x

FIX:

The DBTASKID returns the transaction number from the DB master block. The database transaction number is a 31-bit monotonically increasing positive integer. Not all values are used. When it gets to ~2.1 billion it rolls over and continues from 1.