how do i add a record (not at end of doc)

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Hi... I need to add a couple records into my file...

Should I use my table? form? or report?

I have about 50 forms... I do not want to add the record at the end, it
needs to go within the 50- not to become #51 but rather, for example #17- can
I do add this with my record # reflecting where I inserted the new form and
the subsequent forms adjusting their # to, for example 18-51 rather than the
previous 17-50???
 
seraph said:
Hi... I need to add a couple records into my file...

Should I use my table? form? or report?

I have about 50 forms... I do not want to add the record at the end, it
needs to go within the 50- not to become #51 but rather, for example #17- can
I do add this with my record # reflecting where I inserted the new form and
the subsequent forms adjusting their # to, for example 18-51 rather than the
previous 17-50???
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There is no "order" to stored records. Any time you need to see or process them
in a specific order you need to use a query that imposes that sort order on
them. If your records include a numeric field that you can sort on then it
doesn't matter where the *table* happens to store that record as you can always
create a query sorted on that numeric field.
 
I clicked to sort according to the record # I gave each file and that is
fine. I can add another file giving it any record # I want... but the problem
is, if I want to add it between files and give it a # corresponding to where
I place it... then all the subsequent files' record #s need to each be
increased by 1 or by how many files I add. Is there a way to add a file/row
to a table and then automatically adjust all following record #s up by one?

So if I have files/rows 1 through 50 and I find I need to add a file/row
that needs to be 17th in the record, I can click to make a new record, I can
give it the record # of 17, but then I need to make the original 17 become 18
and then 18 to 19 and then 19 to 20 and so on until 50 becomes 51. Is there a
way to do this without manually changing each file?
 
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