Wouldn't you want it to be unique? Can the users of another system change it to an existing value? It doesn't sound like a good idea.
Dennis ***** At 01:36 PM 7/10/02 -0400, you wrote: >What is the effect on autonumbered columns if a value is manually edited? > >I have a column that generates a number (does not have to be unique) and >usually the autonumber value is fine, but occasionally users of another >system want to change to value to synch with one they'd created earlier. > >I suppose I could make the default value a calculation, but the autonumber >is very reliable. > >tia > >David Ebert >Huckleberry House >614-298-4112 (v) >614-294-6109 (f) >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >================================================ >TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: >Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l >================================================ >TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l >================================================ >TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: >http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/ > > Dennis Fleming IISCO http://www.TheBestCMMS.com Phone: 570 775-7593 Fax: 570 775-9797 ================================================ TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l ================================================ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l ================================================ TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/
