[AccessD] autonumber

John,

I cannot let this pass without asking why do you care?  You are not
committing the cardinal sin of allowing you users to see the autonumber
field are you?  <grin>  If so, check the archives on why this is a
cardinal sin.

Charles Wortz
Software Development Division
Texas Education Agency
1701 N. Congress Ave
Austin, TX 78701-1494
512-463-9493
CWortz at tea.state.tx.us



-----Original Message-----
From: Drew Wutka [mailto:DWUTKA at marlow.com] 
Sent: Wednesday 2003 Apr 16 05:02
To: 'AccessD at databaseadvisors.com '
Subject: RE: [AccessD] autonumber

A make table query should already 'reset' the AutoNumber, since it is
going to make a new table. An append query can be used to 'set' numbers
within an AutoNumber field, however, it doesn't reset the counter, it
can just 'ignore' it.  If you delete the data in a table, to resent the
AutoNumber counter, compact the database.  It will reset the counter (on
an incremental
AN) to the highest number plus 1 (or 1, if there are no records
remaining).

Drew

-----Original Message-----
From: John Eget
To: AccessD at databaseadvisors.com
Sent: 4/16/03 4:43 AM
Subject: [AccessD] autonumber

Is there a way to reset the autonumber to 1 of a make table query or an
append or a table I just finished deleting the information from? John
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