That's the way auto_increment works. You'll have to make the field an int (no auto_increment) and supply a record id yourself on insert.
On Mon, 01 Jul 2002 08:21:18 +1200, Chris Payne wrote: > Hi there everyone, > > I have my id field auto incrementing (Of course) and I have a utility > that allows me to remove items from it, the problem is when I remove > something the items after it keep their ID’s leaving a gap in the ID. > For example, say I have 1-10 in the ID field and I remove number 8, I’ll > have 1-7 and then 9-10, what I need is for 9-10 to go down to 8-9, how > can I do this? It’s really important as I have an ad-rotator system > which gets the total number of fields from the DB and if there is an > empty ID it causes there to be an invalid image appear (Of course). > > So all I need is to renumber the ID field after a delete I guess, but > how? > > Any help would be extremely grateful :-) > > Thanks > > Chris > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.372 / Virus Database: 207 - Release Date: 6/20/2002 -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
