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Old October 12th, 2009, 08:10 PM posted to microsoft.public.access.tablesdbdesign
ADonMS
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Default Re-number an Autonumber

Thanks, Jeff. That's what I was doing. So, I no longer need to think about
the sequential ordering in this case.
Much appreciated info.

"Jeff Boyce" wrote:

If you are talking about an Access Autonumber field, no. Access
automatically generates that value, and you have no control over it.

But the purpose of an Access Autonumber is to provide a unique row
identifier. It isn't guaranteed to be sequential, and is generally unfit
for human consumption.

It sounds like you are looking at the "1 of n" navigation information at the
bottom of a table display and expecting those values to match your
autonumber field. AIN'T GONNA HAPPEN! Those navigation numbers change
every time you re-sort the table. The Autonumbers are set and never change.

If this doesn't resolve your issue, please provide more detailed
description...

Regards

Jeff Boyce
Microsoft Access MVP

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"ADonMS" wrote in message
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Is it possible to re-number an Autonumber that is the primary key on a
table?
For some reason my autonumber is skipping in sequential order and when I
create query, I'm missing a row that is listed on the table.