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    #1

    Autoincrement is 5150

    I have an auto increment field that is numbering 1,10, 100, 101, 102, 103....11, 112, 113, etc. When I create a new record, it's always 00 no matter how many records I create. Packed, compacted, checked the index, the field is set to character w/6 digits. The problem occurs in the default form and browse as well as the form.

    Any ideas why autoincrement is misbehaving?

    kenn
    TYVM :) kenn

    Knowing what you can achieve will not become reality until you imagine and explore.
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    #2
    RE: Autoincrement is 5150

    Having same problem.

    --set default to 1 using field rules, but first record is always 0

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      #3
      RE: Autoincrement is 5150

      --however, I'm importing records into an empty table (versus key entry using forms)

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        #4
        RE: Autoincrement is 5150

        When viewing the table in the default browse, the lines for each record are about 3 times the height of a record line in other tables.

        I also opened a table that I use as a child table which contains the linking field (Idnumber). when I click ascending or descending on the idnumber field, the records sort the same way as they do in the parent table.

        There is a simple index on the idnumber field so one would think this problem shouldn't exist.

        Thanks,

        kenn
        TYVM :) kenn

        Knowing what you can achieve will not become reality until you imagine and explore.

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          #5
          RE: Autoincrement is 5150

          I'm wondering if the problem is that the first ID number began with 1 as opposed to 000001. Is ther a way to pad the ID number with the right number of zeros since the id field contains numbers up to 3 digits?

          Thanks,

          kenn
          TYVM :) kenn

          Knowing what you can achieve will not become reality until you imagine and explore.

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            #6
            RE: Autoincrement is 5150

            Well, that won't wor as I tried to manually enter the zeros in a couple of records. I entered the zeros so id # 1 became id # 000001. However, when saving the record, all the zeros I entered, disappeared. Conclusion, it won't accept an edit.

            Thanks,

            kenn
            TYVM :) kenn

            Knowing what you can achieve will not become reality until you imagine and explore.

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              #7
              RE: Autoincrement is 5150

              Welllllll, it helps if you change the field rule from autoincrement to character. Changed several numbers and they sort as expected.

              kenn
              TYVM :) kenn

              Knowing what you can achieve will not become reality until you imagine and explore.

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                #8
                RE: Autoincrement is 5150

                Hasan,

                I would not be using a default field rule AND an autoincrement field rule for the same field. They do different things and might conflict with each other.

                -- tom

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                  #9
                  RE: Autoincrement is 5150

                  Ken,

                  I don't follow. If a NEW record always has 00 as its last two digits how is the string of numbers you list created in the first place?

                  Using Vers 4 the way to 'start' a numbering pattern was to leave the field User Entered, enter a dummy record manually, and then activate the autoincrement field rule. Is this how you're doing it? If not, are you certain your approach is how it's to be done under Vers 5 ?

                  Also, in Vers 4, I had this experience: My field was Char type, and was 5 chars wide. The 'seed' I planted manually in the first record was '1001'. Notice I only used 4 of the 5 available spaces. The user ran the system for 2 years and finally got to '9999'. Guess which number came next? I was expecting '10000'. WRONG. It went to '0000' and then '0001'. It used only the width I had employed in my seed, not the width of the field in table structure. The solution for me was to build the initial seed with left padded zeros. Instead of '1001', it became '01001'. This seems to have solve the issue. I do not think this problem would occur with numeric type fields. My field was Char type.

                  Hope this helps you unscramble things. -- tom

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                    #10
                    RE: Autoincrement is 5150

                    Hi Tom,

                    The field is 6 chars wide. I don't know how things got goofed up as there was data in my clients database from the git go. Why it only wants to do 2 digits, haven't a clue. There are some numbers with 3 digits.

                    If I remove the auto increment from the field rules, I can manually pad with leading zeros. I think your description of your experience is what's going on here. Since there was already data in the id or linking field, I didn't give it a thought. I imagine once you padded the field with another 0, all was well?

                    The is no default field rule for that field, only the auto incrementing. I also checked the field's events, nothing.

                    My client manually padded the id field with zero's last night, sent me the dbf files and I copied them to the app. Still doesn't sort right so going to isolate everything by setting up a new database and use only the tables in question, create a new set and see what happens.

                    Thanks,

                    kenn
                    TYVM :) kenn

                    Knowing what you can achieve will not become reality until you imagine and explore.

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                      #11
                      RE: Autoincrement is 5150

                      Tom (and Whomever May Have This Problem)

                      I found the cure. I deleted all indexes for the tables and created new indexes. Don't know what happened to them or how it happened but once the indexes for the tables were deleted and new ones created, all is well.

                      Whew!! That's a relief.

                      kenn
                      TYVM :) kenn

                      Knowing what you can achieve will not become reality until you imagine and explore.

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