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October 16th, 2004, 10:11 AM
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Autonumbering fields
Can anyone advise whether it is possible to reset the start number on an
Autonumber field? I am writting a billing database and it is to follow on from a previous system so I would like to start from a specific number and not 1. Thanks Jean 
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October 16th, 2004, 11:54 AM
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Set AtuoNumbers to start from... at: http://members.iinet.net.au/~allenbrowne/ser-26.html The article explains how to temporarily append a record 1 less than the number you want, which sets it up for you. In Access 2000 and later, you can also set the Seed property of the auto-increment Column using ADOX. -- Allen Browne - Microsoft MVP. Perth, Western Australia. Tips for Access users - http://allenbrowne.com/tips.html Reply to group, rather than allenbrowne at mvps dot org. "Jean" wrote in message ... Can anyone advise whether it is possible to reset the start number on an Autonumber field? I am writting a billing database and it is to follow on from a previous system so I would like to start from a specific number and not 1.
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October 16th, 2004, 01:01 PM
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Thanks Allen, I am not ready to run this now but it prepares me for the
final database. Jean "Allen Browne" wrote in message ... See: Set AtuoNumbers to start from... at: http://members.iinet.net.au/~allenbrowne/ser-26.html The article explains how to temporarily append a record 1 less than the number you want, which sets it up for you. In Access 2000 and later, you can also set the Seed property of the auto-increment Column using ADOX. -- Allen Browne - Microsoft MVP. Perth, Western Australia. Tips for Access users - http://allenbrowne.com/tips.html Reply to group, rather than allenbrowne at mvps dot org. "Jean" wrote in message ... Can anyone advise whether it is possible to reset the start number on an Autonumber field? I am writting a billing database and it is to follow on from a previous system so I would like to start from a specific number and not 1.
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