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    Update query increment

    Good afternoon All.



    I am working with my first update query. It's working well expect in one instance I need to to look at the last record with no value, add 1 to that value (not update it) and use the new number for all records with no value. I'm updating other information in these records at the same time.

    What I'm trying to do is assign pack slip numbers to records and increment them by 1.

    If I'm clear....

    Thanks in advance.

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    Do a Dmax to get the largest value, then add 1...

    iVal =Dmax("[id]","table")
    iVal=iVal + 1

    sql= "insert into table (ID,field2,field3) values (" & iVal & ",'bob','engineer')"

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    Thanks for the response.

    I've spent a couple of days reading about this and I understand what the intent is, but I'm unclear about how to add this to my form.

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    Not very easy to follow you without an example, picture, sample db, etc.

    Cheers.
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    Sorry I took so long to respond.

    I've attached screenshots of the table, the existing query and the table after running the query. My thought is to somehow force the query to run when opening a report but I need to get it to work first.

    My idea is to have the query:

    Add the date to Ship_Date
    Change Ship_Confirmation from No to Yes
    Add the Pack_Slip_Number

    The first 2 seem to work. For the Pack_Slip_Number I guess I need to read the last number, increment it by one and write it in the column for each record that I'm updating.

    I hope this is presented well.
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    In the Update To row for the Pack_Slip_Number try: DMax("[Pack_Slip_Number]","[tbl_Shipping_data]") +1 (assumes Pack_Slip_Number is a numeric field, if not you need to strip the Alpha part, increment the numeric part then concatenate the alpha back).
    Cheers,
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    That did it. Thanks!

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    You're welcome, ranman256 should get the credit!
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