Stefan Wehowsky wrote:
>
> Letīs say I got a column "id" that is of type tinyint and has the extra
> "auto_increment". Letīs further say that I have 50 entries in that
> column. Now if I delete e.g. entry No. 30 and right after that add
> another entry without naming an id (for ist auto_increment) MySQL gives
> it the id 51 AND NOT 30 which leads to more and more gaps between the
> idīs. Is there anything i can do about that ?
>
No.
Also, don't use TINYINT unless you are sure that you will never insert
more than 127 records !
(Both issues have already been discussed in this mailing list, check
the archives for more details).
> Best regards,
>
> Stefan Wehowsky
>
Best Regards
--
Joseph Bueno
NetClub/Trader.com
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