Autonumber

[magmike]

Is it possible to create your own autonumber scenario by using the
DefaultValue property? For example, have code that takes the largest
value from all records, and adds 1 to it and inserts that value as the
default value of a new record?

Thanks!

 

[Guest]

Yes, that is how many people do it who do not want to use the supplied
Autonumber datatype.
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[magmike]

Yes, that is how many people do it who do not want to use the supplied
Autonumber datatype.
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Exactly how is it done? I've tried a couple of scenarios that did not
work.

Thanks!

 

[Anthos]

I generally work on a agregated query that searches for the last
record.

Here is an example of a query I run, which I then do a +1 to to
enumerate the next Invoice number for a particular site.

e.g.
SELECT Count(tbl_data_InvoiceMatrix.InvoiceNumber) AS
LastInvoiceNumber
FROM tbl_data_sites INNER JOIN tbl_data_InvoiceMatrix ON
tbl_data_sites.SiteName = tbl_data_InvoiceMatrix.InvoiceSite
GROUP BY tbl_data_sites.SiteName
HAVING (((tbl_data_sites.SiteName)=fncCurrentSite()));

Let me know if there is anything else I can do to help, or if this
doesn't work for you.

Regards
Anthony Moore
IT Excellence

 

[magmike]

I generally work on a agregated query that searches for the last
record.

Here is an example of a query I run, which I then do a +1 to to
enumerate the next Invoice number for a particular site.

e.g.
SELECT Count(tbl_data_InvoiceMatrix.InvoiceNumber) AS
LastInvoiceNumber
FROM tbl_data_sites INNER JOIN tbl_data_InvoiceMatrix ON
tbl_data_sites.SiteName = tbl_data_InvoiceMatrix.InvoiceSite
GROUP BY tbl_data_sites.SiteName
HAVING (((tbl_data_sites.SiteName)=fncCurrentSite()));

Let me know if there is anything else I can do to help, or if this
doesn't work for you.

Regards
Anthony Moore
IT Excellence

I'm a little nervous about using Count +1 in the event that a record
(that is not the last record) has been deleted and then shortly after
a new record created, recreating the most recent id# and end up with
duplicates in the system. Do you think there is another way it could
be done - like using the highest value of the field and then +1 on
that? Please forgive me for being unschooled.

magmike

PS - know of a good beginners resource for coding?

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

I'm a little nervous about using Count +1 in the event that a record
(that is not the last record) has been deleted and then shortly after
a new record created, recreating the most recent id# and end up with
duplicates in the system. Do you think there is another way it could
be done - like using the highest value of the field and then +1 on
that? Please forgive me for being unschooled.

Use Max

SELECT Nz(Max(tbl_data_InvoiceMatrix.InvoiceNumber),0) AS
LastInvoiceNumber
FROM tbl_data_sites INNER JOIN tbl_data_InvoiceMatrix ON
tbl_data_sites.SiteName = tbl_data_InvoiceMatrix.InvoiceSite
GROUP BY tbl_data_sites.SiteName
HAVING (((tbl_data_sites.SiteName)=fncCurrentSite()));

PS - know of a good beginners resource for coding?

Jeff Conrad has a great set of resources documented at
http://www.accessmvp.com/JConrad/accessjunkie/resources.html