Hi,
Clive Arnold wrote :
>
> Apart from timestamp are there any other fields that will automatically generate
>data for themselves when a new record is created ?.
>
> I'm having trouble using timestamp with Macromdia Dreamweaver so something that just
>generates a unique number for each record would be good e.g 1,2,3,4,5,6,7, .......
You can use auto_increment field attribute.
This example is taken from MySQL manual:
CREATE TABLE person (
id SMALLINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
name CHAR(60) NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (id)
);
>
> Thanks.
>
> Clive Arnold - IT Co-ordinator
> White and Bowker Solicitors.
>
[30 lines disclaimer removed to save bandwith ! ;) ]
Regards
--
Joseph Bueno
NetClub/Trader.com
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