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iainking
I'm converting my primary key to an autoincrement field. The old key
(ID) was sequential, but manually entered. To convert I create a new
field (newID), and make it of type autonumber. I switch out of design
view, and the newID field gets populated. I then check that it matches
up with the old key, then delete it and rename the newID to ID, and
re-establish any relationships. This has worked for the first three
tables, but when I try it with the last table, the autonumbers don't
match up with the old values. It seems to be stepping through the
records in the wrong order (i.e. not ID order, but in some other
order). Is there any way to get the autonumbers to match up with the
old ID's?
Iain
(ID) was sequential, but manually entered. To convert I create a new
field (newID), and make it of type autonumber. I switch out of design
view, and the newID field gets populated. I then check that it matches
up with the old key, then delete it and rename the newID to ID, and
re-establish any relationships. This has worked for the first three
tables, but when I try it with the last table, the autonumbers don't
match up with the old values. It seems to be stepping through the
records in the wrong order (i.e. not ID order, but in some other
order). Is there any way to get the autonumbers to match up with the
old ID's?
Iain