# Fullproof autonumber with native Glide columns

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/fullproof-autonumber-with-native-glide-columns/61979>\
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**Created:** [May 21, 2023, 4:44pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/fullproof-autonumber-with-native-glide-columns/61979 "2023-05-21T16:44:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2023, 6:20pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/fullproof-autonumber-with-native-glide-columns/61979/8 "2023-05-21T18:20:39Z")

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Actually, I believe the method was first described by @11183 in the below post:

> [@RowID is great. Could REALLY use Row Number](https://community.glideapps.com/t/rowid-is-great-could-really-use-row-number/16834/13):
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> RowID column Lookup to gather all rowIDs as an array Find Element Index column… Should I continue?) [image]

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