How do I get index field to increment?

I was asked to add an index field to my database. No problem, though it would have been nice to have seen an indexing option before I finished creating the data elements. Can I somehow get the index field to automatically increment by one every time I add a new record? I currently have to do that manually and it would be kind of nice if there was a way for the database to do that automatically.

Your database table needs an auto-value INTEGER column/field as primary key/index. See section 7 of this tutorial. (Did you not see this option when you created your table?)

Ah, many thanks! I did enter “Integer” as the format and saw the “auto-value” option, but wasn’t clear on what that option did.