auto-increment

mixing auto_increment and non in mySQL

Hi-- I have a set of tables where each table's ID key is auto_incrementing. Now my users want to import a bunch of external data that has different keys from a single csv flat file. I think the best way to do it is to lock the tables, grab the next value for the auto_increment column for each table, then for each row I insert just swap ...

Can I use zero in a column which has the AUTO_INCREMENT attribute

Hi, I'm using a MySQL 5.0 server. My requirement is to add one special row to an existing table which has an auto-increment primary key. It would be very useful for future maintenance and management of the project if we were able to make the id of this row 0 (because it's easy to remember and easy to spot in manual observations). Now, ...

Why inserting 0 (zero) to Sql Server Auto Increment Field when inserting Fisrt Time

I go a big problem that when i am inserting First record to a table, that has one auto increment field. This field is accepting 0 (zero) when first time insert.. What is the problem. its making my program error ...

CREATE TABLE new_table_name LIKE old_table_name with old_table_name's AUTO_INCREMENT values

Hello! Can I create a new table with an old table's autoincriment status in mysql client? I think, that ALTER TABLE new_table_name AUTO_INCREMENT=@my_autoincr_iment helps me, but this construction must use with a constant value. I don't wanna use a difficult script. Drochite na carmu! ...

SqlAdaptor.update a dataset for a SQLserver DB table that uses a autoincrementing primary key column

Using c#, vs2008. Howdy, I have a slq server table that has a primary key column that is auto incrementing when new record is added. I am loading a dataset with sqlAdaptor.select sql statement, created with query editor and auto generate update and insert using the wizard. I need advice. When i have loaded dataset with select stateme...

MySQL: Changing order of auto-incremented primary keys?

Hi, I have a table with a auto-incremented primary key: user_id. For a currently theoretical reason, I might need to change a user_id to be something else than it was when originally created through auto-incrementation. This means there's a possibility that the keys will not be in incremental order anymore: PK: 1 2 3 952 // changed k...

How to Reset an MySQL AutoIncrement using a MAX value from another table?

I know this won't work, tried it in various forms and failed all times. What is the simplest way to achieve the following result? ALTER TABLE XYZ AUTO_INCREMENT = (select max(ID) from ABC); This is great for automation projects. Thank you! SELECT @max := (max(ID)+1) from ABC; -> This works! select ID from ABC where ID = (@max-...

MySQL: Auto incrementing combined keys

Ok, I have a table that will look something like this: Post ˪ Id ˪ Version ˪ Title ˪ Content The idea is that the Id and Version together will be the primary key since you can have a single post multiple times but of different versions. My question is this: I would like to have the Id to auto increment. Is this possible in a setu...

Jquery: Incrimentation for each set of elements in more than 1 div

I'm making a Jquery slideshow. It lists thumbnails, that when clicked on, reveal the large image as an overlay. To match up the thumbs with the large images I'm adding attributes to each thumbnail and large image. The attributes contain a number which matches each thumb to its corresponding large image. It works when one slideshow is pre...

How to import text file to table with primary key as auto-increment

I have some bulk data in a text file that I need to import into a MySQL table. The table consists of two fields .. ID (integer with auto-increment) Name (varchar) The text file is a large collection of names with one name per line ... (example) John Doe Alex Smith Bob Denver I know how to import a text file via phpMyAdmin however...

DataGridView Winform Auto Insert Ordinal Column (Trick)

I want to get some trick for this problem. I have my table like this Product (uuid, Name) and one datagridview to display this information ( dataGridView.DataSouce = Products which is assign on runtime) My problem is that I want to have "No" column on dataGridView which will show like below No | Name 1 | ...

mySQL auto increment problem: Duplicate entry '4294967295' for key 1

I have a table of emails. The last record in there for an auto increment id is 3780, which is a legit record. Any new record I now insert is being inserted right there. However, in my logs I have the occasional: Query FAIL: INSERT INTO mail.messages (timestamp_queue) VALUES (:time); Array ( [0] => 23000 [1] => 1062 [2] =>...

MySQL auto increment

Hi, I have table with an auto-increment field, but I need to transfer the table to another table on another database. Will the value of field 1 be 1, that of field 2 be 2, etc? Also in case the database get corrupted and I need to restore the data, will the auto-increment effect in some way? will the value change? (eg if the first row,...

Auto increment with XQuery Update?

Does XQuery Update support auto increment attributes just like auto increment fields in SQL? I'm using BaseX as my database. ...

MySQL auto increments disappeared

I have a mysql database with 60 tables most of the tables have primary keys (expect pivot tables) all these primary keys had the attribute AUTO INCREMENT Then over night some how all the primary keys had that attribute removed, and the default value set to 0. I have no idea how this may have been caused. Any suggestions? ...

What happens when auto_increment on integer column reaches the max_value in databases?

I am implementing a database application and I will use both JavaDB and MySQL as database. I have an ID column in my tables that has integer as type and I use the databases auto_increment-function for the value. But what happens when I get more than 2 (or 4) billion posts and integer is not enough? Is the integer overflowed and continue...

Django BigInteger auto-increment field as primary key?

Hi all, I'm currently building a project which involves a lot of collective intelligence. Every user visiting the web site gets created a unique profile and their data is later used to calculate best matches for themselves and other users. By default, Django creates an INT(11) id field to handle models primary keys. I'm concerned with ...

Sql Server CE - Temporary disable auto increment on a specific collum

Hi guys. I have this little question, thats been on my head for while now. Here it goes: Is it possible to temporary disable the Auto_Increment on the collum ID. So that i can add a new row to the table and being able specify the ID value when inserting the row. And then in the end enable the Auto_Increment again,...

Resetting AUTO_INCREMENT on myISAM without rebuilding the table

Please help I am in major trouble with our production database. I had accidentally inserted a key with a very large value into an autoincrement column, and now I can't seem to change this value without a huge rebuild time. ALTER TABLE tracks_copy AUTO_INCREMENT = 661482981 Is super-slow. How can I fix this in production? I can't get ...

How to change a primary key in SQL to auto_increment?

I have a table in MySQL that has a primary key: mysql> desc gifts; +---------------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra | +---------------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ | giftID | int(11) | NO | PRI | NULL | | | name | v...