Thanks, I did think of it but not having the option as this is linked to executables, which I'm sure have some sorts of calculation for this field to calculate the next value.
regards --- Jigal van Hemert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I want to create entries in the child table > (table2) > > for the missing records. In table2 the primary > key is > > of type Integer, > > for each new entry it should be > > Max(table2.PrimaryKeyfield) + 1. > > Why not make the primary key in table2 > autoincrement? If you have an > autoincrement field as primary key MySQL will do the > max(..)+1 automatically > for you! > > A query like > > Insert into table2 (field1, field2) > select a.field1, a.field2 > from table1 a > left join table2 b on (a.field1 = b.field1) > where b.field1 is null > > could then be used to fill up the missing records in > table2... > > Regards, Jigal. > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: > http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ___________________________________________________________ ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
