Ok thanks a lot for the info, I think that my issue is with how, or where to store this autonumber field. I have the column created in Access, and the numbers are working, but how do i store that record when i dont know which list item the user will select? What i really dont understand how to do (and ive looked all over to find some kind of direction) is how to have the user select one from the list and have the control figure out which record that List Item is referencing.