FYI...II used model builderModelBuilder and I did a field sort followed by calculate field using the sort code below and it worked great. Previously
Previously, I had tried these two steps outside of model builderModelBuilder and it failed.
Expression:
autoIncrement()
Expression Type: PYTHON_9.3
Code Block:
rec=0
def autoIncrement():
global rec
pStart = 1 #adjust start value, if req'd
pInterval = 1 #adjust interval value, if req'd
if (rec == 0):
rec = pStart
else:
rec = rec + pInterval
return rec