[Solved] Need to auto increment

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Originally Posted by graphi

That did it. I wonder why it worked one way, one minute and then not the next....

Thanks again!

Original solution appeared to work as the test data posted here all involved single line insert into statements so it's more a matter of incomplete test data rather than the program working and then suddenly not working.

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