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Need to Re-set and Customize Autonumber in a Form
I've set up a Form where one of the fields is an Autonumber. I've attempted
to re-set the Autonumber based on the MS Access Help (create an append query to append number from a temp table that you want to start with), but without success. The autonumber seems to be "internal" to the form or table and I can't get it to re-set. Suggestions? Also, I'd like to tack the current year in front of the Autonumber for new records created via the Form. For example, 2010-1, 2010-2, 2010-3, etc., where 1, 2 and 3 are the autonumbers generated. Tips? Thanks much in advance. |
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Need to Re-set and Customize Autonumber in a Form
Autonumbers are not intended to be used when you need a record number.
Autonumbers do not have to be sequential. They can just be used as a key if you don'w have any other useful key. What you might want to do is create a sequential number with the date in front of it. Doing that in Excel would be much faster and easier. Then import it to Access and use an update query to insert it in your table. -- Milton Purdy ACCESS State of Arkansas "PHS" wrote: I've set up a Form where one of the fields is an Autonumber. I've attempted to re-set the Autonumber based on the MS Access Help (create an append query to append number from a temp table that you want to start with), but without success. The autonumber seems to be "internal" to the form or table and I can't get it to re-set. Suggestions? Also, I'd like to tack the current year in front of the Autonumber for new records created via the Form. For example, 2010-1, 2010-2, 2010-3, etc., where 1, 2 and 3 are the autonumbers generated. Tips? Thanks much in advance. |
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Need to Re-set and Customize Autonumber in a Form
First, Access Autonumbers are intended for use as unique row identifiers.
Period. As such, they are generally unfit for human consumption. If you want guaranteed sequential numbers, check on-line for "custom autonumber". If you want human-usable "numbers" that look like "2010-1", "2010-2", etc., be aware that these are not "numbers"! You don't do math on them, and there are embedded characters, so they're text. Also be aware that trying to stuff more than one fact into a single field is poor data design ... and you appear to be trying to stuff the current year and a sequence number into one field. Instead, if your record includes a date/time field, you already know the year (i.e., Year([YourDateField]), so you don't need to store it again. If you simply add a SeqNo field and use the above (custom autonumber) approach, you only need to use a query to concatenate, in a query: YourCodeNumber: Year([YourDateField]) & "-" & [YourSeqNoField] Good luck! Regards Jeff Boyce Microsoft Access MVP -- Disclaimer: This author may have received products and services mentioned in this post. Mention and/or description of a product or service herein does not constitute endorsement thereof. Any code or pseudocode included in this post is offered "as is", with no guarantee as to suitability. You can thank the FTC of the USA for making this disclaimer possible/necessary. "PHS" wrote in message ... I've set up a Form where one of the fields is an Autonumber. I've attempted to re-set the Autonumber based on the MS Access Help (create an append query to append number from a temp table that you want to start with), but without success. The autonumber seems to be "internal" to the form or table and I can't get it to re-set. Suggestions? Also, I'd like to tack the current year in front of the Autonumber for new records created via the Form. For example, 2010-1, 2010-2, 2010-3, etc., where 1, 2 and 3 are the autonumbers generated. Tips? Thanks much in advance. |
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