reseting autonumber in access 2000 HELP!

M

mike

is it possible to reset the starting value of an auto-
number field? if so, how?

thanks
 
F

Fredg

Mike,
The actual number should be irrelevant. The only important thing about an
Autonumber field is that each record have a different unique number.

To reset the AutoNumber field to 1, delete all the records in the table (not
the table itself).
Then compact the database.
 

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