Losing Auto Numbers

[Simon Harris]

Hi All,

I have a client who is using an invoicing system I have built for him, all
is going well apart from 1 or two bugs...I am unsure how to solve this one
though, so would appreciate some help if anyone has any ideas.

My client opens a form, which is for creating a new job or order, the
auto-number is assigned as soon as they enter the form. If they then decide
not to complete the job/order (Abandon it) the auto-number ID is still used
in the DB. I guess I want to truncate the table some how (Can you do that in
access?) or undo what ever entering the form has done.

I expect this is a common(ish) problem, hope some one can help.

Kind regards,

Simon.

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[Cheryl Fischer]

Simon,

The behavior of the AutoNumber field you describe is the normal, "as
designed" behavior of the AutoNumber data type. If your application
absolutely must have consecutive numbering, I'd suggest that you do a search
in Google groups using "Access custom numbering" as a criterion.