lock in access exclusive and sequence question

I'm creating a script which will re-claim sequence numbers in a table by
'packing' the existing sequence numbers.  My questions is if I lock the
table in access exclusive mode, and an insert into that table occurs after
the lock, with the insert be blocked before or after the nextval is chosen?

Thanks,
Rob

Robert Creager
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