Manual autonumber

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Add this AutoNumber field to the new table, and then save the table. Click the Create tab, and then click Query Design in the Other group. Click Add , and then click Close. On the Design tab, click Append in the Query Type group. I the Table Name list, select the new table that you created in step 2, and then click OK.

On the Design tab, click Run in the Results group. In the Design view for the table, add an AutoNumber field that has the same field name that you deleted in step 1. A table with referenced tables has a relationship with one or more tables. The steps that follow describe how to reset the AutoNumber field for a table that has one referenced table. If you have more than one referenced table, you must follow these steps for each referenced table.

Set the AutoNumber field of the main table to a Number data type, and then remove the primary key. Create a new field of AutoNumber data type in the main table, and then save the table. To create an update query that updates the new field in the referenced table to the new AutoNumber field of the main table, follow these steps. Re-create the primary key and the relationship between the tables.

This procedure resets your AutoNumber field and updates the referenced table by using the correct key values. Skip to main content.