Roger Carlson wrote:
data type = INTEGER

autonumbers are Long Integer, not Integer

Have you heard of the expression, "Win win"?

I use the uppercase INTEGER when referring to the Jet data type (see
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/as...322291033.aspx) which
coincides nicely with the ANSI data type.

It's not about losing. Open you mind and you may learn something.