Starting Point of auto number fields in Microsoft Access

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Auto Number Field handy things in Microsoft access.It willautomatically increase the filed value as records are

inserted. Developer don’t have to care for it. By default

auto number field start with the zero but sometimes we
required to start auto number with rather than zero.We can do it by creating the append query. Followingare the procedure for creating our own starting point

in the Microsoft access.

-First copy the auto number field table with anothertable name.-Now change the auto number field to the number field

in the newly created make sure that long integer is there.

-Now insert a record with starting point in newly createdtable. For example you want to start with 300 theninsert with 300.

-Create a query from query designer of access

select all the field of newly created table.

-Go to the query menu select append query and into

destination table give original table name.-Append it- Delete newly created table.

That’s it. You have created your own starting point.

now auto number starts with 300.

Happy Programming…