# (how do I?) change auto-increment start point after sorting database a certain way

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**Created:** [May 25, 2016, 5:58pm UTC](https://forums.knack.com/t/how-do-i-change-auto-increment-start-point-after-sorting-database-a-certain-way/7629 "2016-05-25T17:58:07Z")
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#### Post date: [May 25, 2016, 5:58pm UTC](https://forums.knack.com/t/how-do-i-change-auto-increment-start-point-after-sorting-database-a-certain-way/7629/1 "2016-05-25T17:58:07Z")

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By Defualt-- the auto increment will make the next added record the next integer.

What if I want to change the way my database is sorted, and re-number the list?

This is easy to do in excel or google spreadsheet for example;