Add an auto_increment column of an appropriate int size.
Jaime Teng wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is there a "number sequence" generator/function in
> MySQL such that if I were to execute:
> "UPDATE mytable SET id = thisfunction;"
> it will update the table mytable and set the column
> id to a numbered sequence "1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9....."?
>
> currently, i have a table with 2.5 million records and
> i want to change one of the field and sequence it and
> am doing it the hard way of updating one at a time.
>
> regards
> Jaime
>
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