alter table $TableName add column $ColumnName NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT
PRIMARY KEY;
Have a nice day!
Brian Drexler
Precision Web Design
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From: Jeff Oien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: PHP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 11:30 PM
Subject: RE: [PHP] MySQL: Add Autoincrement Field?
> Could you tell me how to add a field to an existing
> database? I'm having trouble finding out how to do it.
> Thanks.
> Jeff Oien
>
> > just add a field unique_id int auto_increment in the table...u dont have
to
> > do anything more...it will start at 1 and every time a new record is
added
> > to the table this value will be incremented....
> >
> > > I have an existing database from a flat file that I
> > > imported into a MySQL table. Some of the title
> > > fields are duplicates - songs with the same name
> > > from different song books. So if I want to delete
> > > a record by title, I'll end up deleting all songs with
> > > that title. Is there a way I can add a unique id field
> > > and have it automatically generate a unique number to
> > > each record? Hope that made sense.
> > > Jeff Oien
> > >
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