Re: auto increment
OK, got it! Had to mess around with the indexes and not use the genie, but it worked! Thanks for everything.
Richard
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Re: auto increment
Originally posted by Tom Cone Jr View PostRichard, what you describe suggests to me that the data type for the ID field in Alpha Four was numeric, and Alpha Five converted it to character. Did you append records from the Alpha four table, or did you just begin using a copy of the A4 dbf?
In any case the answer to your original question is now clear. The "99 " sorts to the top of the list, and is being used by the autoinc field rule as expected.
If you turn off the field rule you can define an "update" operation that will prepend leading zeros using an expression like this:
padl(alltrim(ID), len(ID), "0")
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Re: auto increment
Richard, what you describe suggests to me that the data type for the ID field in Alpha Four was numeric, and Alpha Five converted it to character. Did you append records from the Alpha four table, or did you just begin using a copy of the A4 dbf?
In any case the answer to your original question is now clear. The "99 " sorts to the top of the list, and is being used by the autoinc field rule as expected.
If you turn off the field rule you can define an "update" operation that will prepend leading zeros using an expression like this:
padl(alltrim(ID), len(ID), "0")
I caution you not to do this without making a safety backup copy of your data first. Many an update operation has gone awry and they're dang difficult to reverse. Run the update against a throw away copy of the table first, before running it against your real data.
Once the field values have been zero filled you can then turn the autoinc field rule back on.
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Originally posted by Tom Cone Jr View PostI've only seen this when my ID field had unexpected data in it. If it were me, I'd study the table to verify that the highest field value is only "26670".
It's not clear from your post if the field is numeric or character type. If you can't solve this on your own, let us know which is applicable when you reply.
-- tom
How can I keep the zeros in their proper places?
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Re: auto increment
Richard
Open a default browse for the table. Highlight the ID field, then from the menus - navigate - tools - field statistics. You should see something similar to what the attached image shows for Alphasports.
Check the max value for that field.
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Re: auto increment
I've only seen this when my ID field had unexpected data in it. If it were me, I'd study the table to verify that the highest field value is only "26670".
It's not clear from your post if the field is numeric or character type. If you can't solve this on your own, let us know which is applicable when you reply.
-- tom
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Re: auto increment
Originally posted by Stan Mathews View PostYou don't. Temporarily remove the auto-increment designation, populate the field via an update operation, then reinstate the rule. The auto-increment is a data entry field rule, not something that can be applied retroactively to existing records.
I played with it a bit. Made the field 6 characters instead of 5, for example. Then the auto-increment entered the value 990000.
Very frustrating. This file is way too big to lose. I need some major help here, please.
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Re: auto increment
Originally posted by civitas View PostThanks so much! I really appreciate the help. -- Arthur
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Re: auto increment
Thanks so much! I really appreciate the help. -- Arthur
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Originally posted by Richard Connors View PostOh, sorry. When I enter a new record into the mother, the ID field appears as 99000, no matter what I try. If I manually enter the value I want�26621�it reverts to 99000 anyway. I�ve followed all the alternative suggestions above and nothing works.
You are expecting to see 26620 as the highest value. Is this what you find?
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Oh, sorry. When I enter a new record into the mother, the ID field appears as 99000, no matter what I try. If I manually enter the value I want�26621�it reverts to 99000 anyway. I�ve followed all the alternative suggestions above and nothing works.
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Re: auto increment
Originally posted by Richard Connors View PostI have the same problem as Civitas. I’m moving an A4v8 set with a mother and two children, both of which are linked through the auto-incrementing ID field. This DB is at least ten years old and has 26620 mother records and over 15000 records in each of the children. Can’t get the auto-increment to work, and now I see why.
I’m new to A5, am using v8, and not sure what you mean by your “populate” instruction to Covitas. Could you expand this for me?
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Re: auto increment
I have the same problem as Civitas. I�m moving an A4v8 set with a mother and two children, both of which are linked through the auto-incrementing ID field. This DB is at least ten years old and has 26620 mother records and over 15000 records in each of the children. Can�t get the auto-increment to work, and now I see why.
I�m new to A5, am using v8, and not sure what you mean by your �populate� instruction to Covitas. Could you expand this for me?
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Re: auto increment
Stan, thanks very much. That did the trick! -- Arthur
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Re: auto increment
Originally posted by civitasI have seen a great deal about creating auto-increment fields. I have a table with over 600 records. I just inserted a new field to give a unique identifier to each record. How do I make auto-increment work on records that are already created? Thanks! -- Arthur
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