Hello Listers.

Thanks to all who responded to my plea for help.  My original request is at
the end of this message.

It turns out I was right.  There is a very simple answer to my question.
All I had to do was enter the command (or is it a request?) "rec" using the
Field Calculator.  Worked like a charm.

Thanks to Sani Takwim [stakwim@yahoo.com], Lyes MOKRAOUI
[lyes_mokraoui@yahoo.com], Pieta Le Roux [LeRouxPJ@tygerberg.gov.za], Jeff
Parks [JPARKS@jacqueswhitford.com], and Toby Alexander
[Toby.alexander@vt.usda.gov] for the solution.  It bothers me that I can't
find this information in the Help Files.  Does anybody know where it is
mentioned?

I also received solutions involving scripts.  I haven't tried any of these,
but I thought I should share them with all of you anyway.  Thanks to Dorothy
Luckie [luckie@meridian.mi.us] and Hallett, Robert [Hallett@VOLPE.DOT.GOV]
for their efforts.  Their suggestions follow:

There are various scripts that will do what you want. The one I used was
calcauto.txt by Ellen Tejan. Just go to the ArcScripts page
http://gis.esri.com/arcscripts/scripts.cfm and do a search for AutoNumber.

Dorothy Luckie

------------------------------------

Chris, try this. the only caveat is that it
must be run from a button on the table menu.

**************************************************************************
'ADD UNIQUE INDEX NUMBERS TO TABLE
'BOB HALLETT: TABLE TOOLS

theTable = av.GetActiveDoc
if (theTable.is(TABLE).not) then
  MsgBox.Error("The active document must be a Table",
               Script.The.GetName)
  return nil
end

theVTab = theTable.GetVTab

if ((theVTab.CanEdit).NOT) then
  MsgBox.Error("Unable to edit Table '" + theTable.GetName + "'",
                Script.the.GetName)
  return Nil
end

theNewFldName = MsgBox.Input("Enter Field Name", Script.The.GetName ,
"Index")
if (Nil = theNewFldName) then
  return Nil
end

newFldOK = FALSE

' CHECK FIELD NAME
While (newFldOK.NOT)

  if ((Nil = theVTab.FindField(theNewFldName)).NOT) then
    theNewFldName = MsgBox.Input("Field " + theNewFldName + " already
exists...select another name",
                                  Script.The.GetName, "Index2")
    if (nil = theNewFldName) then
      newFldOK = FALSE
    end
  else
    newFldOK = TRUE
  end

end

numOK = FALSE

while (numOK.NOT)
  theStartNum = MsgBox.Input("What number would you like to start with?",
                       Script.the.GetName, "")
  if (Nil = theStartNum) then
    return Nil
  elseif (theStartNum.IsNumber) then
    theStartNum = theStartNum.AsNumber
    numOK = TRUE
  else
    theAns = msgbox.yesNo(theStartNum + " is not a valid number...try
again?",
                          Script.The.GetName, TRUE)
    if (theAns.NOT) then
      return Nil
    else
      numOK = FALSE
    end
  end
end

'ADD THE NEW FIELD
theVTab.SetEditable(TRUE)

theNewFld = Field.Make(theNewFldName, #FIELD_LONG, 10, 0)
theVTab.AddFields({theNewFld})


'ADD THE INDEX NUMBERS
theNewFld.SetEditable(TRUE)

for each aRec in theVTab
  theVTab.SetValue(theNewFld, aRec, theStartNum)
  theStartNum = theStartNum + 1
end

theVTab.SetEditable(FALSE)
theNewFld.SetEditable(FALSE)

**************************************************************************

Robert J. Hallett Jr.
USDOT / Volpe Center
55 Broadway
Cambridge, MA 02142
(617) 494-3029
hallett@volpe.dot.gov

----------------------------

My original request:

-----Original Message-----
From: Abells, Chris [mailto:cabells@COLUMBIASC.NET]
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 12:04 PM
Subject: AV3.2 - Calculating Intervals


Hello Listers.

I'm sure there is a very simple answer to this question.

I have an attribute table (75 records) to which I have added a number field.
I wish to populate that field with an interval starting at 0 and going to
74.  Using the Field Calculator, I followed ArcView's Help file suggestion
("aNumber .. anotherNumber") by inputting "0..74" for the field I created.

I keep getting a Syntax Error.  What am I doing wrong?  TIA.  Will sum.

        Chris
_____________________
Chris Abells
GIS Technician
City of Columbia, SC
cabells@columbiasc.net
803-988-8010