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What is a Key Field?
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Each database must have something fully unique in the individual record in order to keep each of the records seperate from one another. The key field is how this is done. The scripts will automatically assign and track (use the next in sequence) a unique number as the key, unless you make changes to the entry. If you make a change to use something else as the key, you must take additional steps to assure that a duplicate cannot be used - each key field entry must be unique.

There is an explanation of key field provided in the README.txt file.


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So is it just the ID field?

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Not necessarily...It can be almost any field, however, in order to ensure that your records are unique in your database you should use numerical fields and also try to use auto-incrementing (db_tracking) to make sure that you do not have duplicate records in your database.

Regards,

Eliot Lee