Problems counting

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Hi there, this is probably a beginner question...

I have two types of projects (Projects and Service Contracts). And I want to
have a sequential index number for each of them that is seperate from the Key
index.

So we get:
Index SC's Proj's
1 1
2 2
3 1
4 3
5 2
etc...

I figure there's two ways I can have this work. Do a count of all the
records in the project table that have Is_Service_Contr set to YES. Add 1 to
that and stick it in the Service_Contr_Num for the new entry. My count query
works fine but when I try to refer to it from within a form control I get an
error msg in the control: "#Name?"
Anyone know what I'm doing wrong here?

The other way I thought of was to query for the previous highest value, +1
it and use it as the new ID. I don't really know the sql or vb code for that.

If anyone could help me out or suggest a real solution that'd be great.

cheers

Nick
 
Actually, the max value built in sum function does the trick. BUT I don't
know how to refer to it. When I try to refer to it from a control or
something I get the #Name? message instead. Why is this?
 
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