manual_Reference.html#CREATE_TABLE
>create_definition:
>  col_name type [NOT NULL | NULL] [DEFAULT default_value] [AUTO_INCREMENT]
>            [PRIMARY KEY] [reference_definition]

create table MyTestTable(cno int AUTO_INCREMENT, name varchar(20));


can't seem to find the ref right now, but 
< insert into MyTestTable(555,'Ryan');
> insert into MyTestTable (name) values ('Ryan');
 or
> insert into MyTestTable values (null, 'Ryan');

On Thursday 30 May 2002 3:43, you wrote:
> Hey there,
> I know this might sound like a stupid question to a lot of you guys out
> there but please keep in mind I come from an oracle background and am new
> to this:
>
> I am accessing MySql from PHP, I have two questions regarding
> Auto_Increment
>
> 1) how to create an auto_increment?
>
> create table MyTestTable(cno int, name varchar(20));
> works fine, but I want "cno" as an auto_increment, what statement to use?
>
> 2)to insert int  into my example I will use
> insert into MyTestTable(555,'Ryan');
> How would I do it if I was entering data and the cno was an auto increment?
>
> I have glossed through the manual, but frankly after 6 hours of PHP
> programming i'm feeling braindead so PLEASE dont ask me to RTFM, if you
> have links to the specific topic in the manual no problem, just tired of
> searching.
>
> Cheers all,
> -Ryan.

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