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>>Thanks,
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>Like you already found out, the update method isn't needed. Now, if you are trying to set the value of an identity type field is not going to let you, it will be read-only on the client.
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>What I don't understand is why you are trying to "rs.Update()" immediately after "rs.AddNew()"?

It turns out that the id value becomes available after update(), whereas before that the record is probably buffered and does not have one assigned yet.

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>The term for a record pointer in ADO is a "bookmark".
thanks!