Thanks Anthony. This is better than the way I'm currently doing it. I can always manually adjust any duplicate numbers. Hmmmmm....getting closer to elegance. /g -----Original Message----- From: Colli, Anthony G [mailto:Anthony.Colli@xxxxxxx]=20 Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 1:38 PM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: Random in Access or Excel /g In Access you can use Format(Rnd(IsNull([ID])*0+1)*100,0) in a query where [ID] is the 1-50 number, then sort on it. BUT beware since the result is a random number, there could be two or more of the same random numbers in any query. In Access Rnd() is the random function. -Anthony ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************