Mark,
To reference your question from my other thread (altering data def on linked data source), no I didn't see this response. Here's my scenario:
I'm executing an import routine from a Master DB, in order to import data into a linked table (Import_Raw). Upon execution, I create an empty Import_Raw from a template table. It has an autonumber field called AutoID. Since I'll be appending new customers to an existing customer table, I want to initialize AutoID to the last customer ID + 1. That's what prompted my question in this thread and the other one.
Darrell
PS -- I'm totally with you on not using the autonum to keep a sequential "place". That's one sin I'm not guilty of :-)
Darrell H Burns