We have a giant table in an Access database with over 500k records and no PK. Is it possible to insert an auto-incrementing primary key column into an already existing Access table?
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We have a giant table in an Access database with over 500k records and no PK. Is it possible to insert an auto-incrementing primary key column into an already existing Access table?
Yes, it is and can be done quite simply by editing the table and adding an autoincrement type field. The only rule is that you can only have one autoincrement per table.