Question/Observation on relationships

[shalom]

In the referenced discussion on unique numbers, a device ID was mentioned. How would you create that deviceID without it being overwritten during a sync operation?

[Brian_Houghton]

Values used within unique field generation should be static, meaning that they would not be altered anywhere. For example if you were using a combination of date, time, an incrementing number from a calculation and a name, these values would populate automatically upon record generation whether you were using the desktop or handheld. No editing of them would actually occur in either place.

[dhaupert]

The only time an id type of field would be changed on a sync is if it were a calculation or conditional field, those fields are recalculated from time to time. If you're using the default value of a text field or similar, or a unique field those fields are not changed or recalculated so they would stay the same.