Nathan: I suspect you are trying to solve the wrong problem. Why don't you tell us _why_ you think you need this value, what you are trying to accomplish.
At 04:23 PM 1/29/2002 -0700, Nathan wrote: >But if this is the MyISAM table type, and you performed an insert, then a >delete, your MAX + 1 would >get the next value of the series, but the auto_increment will actually use >MAX + 2. Correct? Is >there a system call to find out what MySQL will use next rather than the >highest + 1? > ># Nathan > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "James Montebello" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Joel Wickard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 4:16 PM >Subject: Re: next insert id > > > >SELECT MAX(id) FROM table; > >will get you the highest value for 'id', that +1 will be the 'next' value, >until someone inserts a new row into that table. > >james montebello > >On Tue, 29 Jan 2002, Joel Wickard wrote: > > > database,sql,query,table > > > > > > I need to find out what the next value will be in an auto_increment field > > will be. could someone help me out with the select statement? > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Before posting, please check: > > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > >To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To unsubscribe, e-mail ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > >To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To unsubscribe, e-mail ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
