: Am Donnerstag, 30. Januar 2003 20:15 schrieb Mike Doanh Tran:
    : > Hi all,
    : >
    : > I am creating a new table with an auto_increment primary key.
    : > How do i tell mysql to start incrementing at a certain 
    : value, let say
    : > 1000 instead of 1?
    : >
    : > Thanks,
    : >
    : > MT
    : 
    : SET INSERT_ID=1000 does it.


Tabels have "AUTO_INCREMENT" option, which you will need to set while
creating the table. In the following example id will start with 1000:

CREATE TABLE test (
        id INT AUTO_INCREMENT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
) AUTO_INCREMENT="1000";

Good luck

Sherzod





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