Here are some notes that may help you towards your goal, however life would be a lot easier and a lot safer with autonumbers. This is VBA as you mention MS Access.
Function NextTranNumber(ByRef FirstTran As Long, _
ByRef LastTran As Long, Optional BlockSize = 1)
Dim cn As New ADODB.Connection
Dim rs As New ADODB.Recordset
Dim strSQL As String
Dim lngResult As Long
Dim strCon As String
lngResult = 0 'assume fail
strCon = TestCon ''Connection to back-end
cn.Open strCon
rs.CursorType = adOpenKeyset
rs.LockType = adLockPessimistic
rs.CursorLocation = adUseServer
''Where BEInfo is a single line table that holds a transaction seed
strSQL = "SELECT ASeqNumber FROM BEInfo"
rs.Open strSQL, cn, , , adCmdText
'Note this is ADO, so no rs.Edit
FirstTran = rs!ASeqNumber + 1
rs!ASeqNumber = rs!ASeqNumber + BlockSize
rs.Update
LastTran = rs!ASeqNumber
rs.Close
Set rs = Nothing
End Function
Sub TransactionProcessing()
Dim FirstTran As Long
Dim LastTran As Long
Dim db As Database
Dim sSQL As String
Dim Block As Long
Dim rs As DAO.Recordset
Set db = CurrentDb
'Existing temporary table
sSQL = "DELETE FROM FETempTrans"
db.Execute sSQL, dbFailOnError
'The records to be added to the main table
sSQL = "INSERT INTO FETempTrans ( ID, AText ) SELECT 0 AS ID, AText FROM Table1"
db.Execute sSQL, dbFailOnError
Block = db.RecordsAffected
'Reserve a transaction block based on the temp table count
NextTranNumber FirstTran, LastTran, Block
Set rs = db.OpenRecordset("FETempTrans")
Do While Not rs.EOF
rs.Edit
rs!ID = FirstTran
rs.Update
FirstTran = FirstTran + 1
rs.MoveNext
Loop
If FirstTran - 1 = LastTran Then
'compare the temp set to the main table
'if it passes, update the main table
Else
'fail
End If
End Sub