Jeff S Wheeler wrote:

> [This is an email copy of a Usenet post to "mailing.database.mysql"]
> 
> Just insert a row with the initial value you want minus one, and then
> delete it.  That will make the table do what you want.
> 
> mysql> INSERT INTO Orders VALUES (-1, "", NOW(), -1, 0000125478);
> Query OK, 1 row affected (0.03 sec)
> 
> mysql> DELETE FROM Orders WHERE OrderNumber=125478;
> Query OK, 1 row affected (0.02 sec)
> 
> mysql> INSERT INTO Orders VALUES (-1, "", NOW(), -1, 0);
> Query OK, 1 row affected (0.02 sec)
> 
> mysql> SELECT LAST_INSERT_ID();
> +------------------+
> | last_insert_id() |
> +------------------+
> |           125479 |
> +------------------+
> 1 row in set (0.02 sec)


You did not supplied us any information about your table structure. If 
this is an column named "OrderNumber" where you insert -1 then 
everything seems OK to me. Please descibe where you can see problem and 
what is your table structure.


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