If you are clearing table. "Truncate" will reset auto_increment to 0
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Abel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <mysql@lists.mysql.com> Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 12:10 PM Subject: How do you set a Primary Key when uploading data into a table? > How do you load data into a table and generate a primary key which > auto increments by 1. > > I want to end up with a primary key value of int 1, 2, 3, 4, and so on. > > My table has three rows, Id (pri_key), Code, Description. I'm loading > data from a text file into the table like this: > > load data local infile 'path_to_myfile.txt' into table sic_codes lines > terminated by '\r' (code, description); > > Currently, the Id gets values of 99897, and then increments by one. > > Any help is appreciated. > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
