Re: [PHP-DB] Resetting auto_increment
On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 12:34, Ethan Rosenberg eth...@earthlink.net wrote: Dear List - Thanks for all your help. How do I reset auto_increment so that the primary key will start from 1. The primary key is now 2421. I have deleted all the data in the table and started over, and the primary key just increments from its previous value. Setting auto_increment=0 does not work for me, why I don't know. UPDATE tablename AUTO_INCREMENT=1; -- /Daniel P. Brown Network Infrastructure Manager Documentation, Webmaster Teams http://www.php.net/ -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP-DB] Resetting auto_increment
At 12:38 PM 12/14/2010, Daniel Brown wrote: On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 12:34, Ethan Rosenberg eth...@earthlink.net wrote: Dear List - Thanks for all your help. How do I reset auto_increment so that the primary key will start from 1. The primary key is now 2421. I have deleted all the data in the table and started over, and the primary key just increments from its previous value. Setting auto_increment=0 does not work for me, why I don't know. UPDATE tablename AUTO_INCREMENT=1; -- /Daniel P. Brown Network Infrastructure Manager Documentation, Webmaster Teams http://www.php.net/ == Daniel - Thanks. This is what I get - mysql update Visit3 auto_increment=1; ERROR 1064 (42000): You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '=1' at line 1 Same error if auto_increment is in caps. What did I do wrong? Thanks in advance. Ethan MySQL 5.1 PHP 5 Linux [Debian (sid)] -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP-DB] Resetting auto_increment
On 12/14/2010 1:02 PM, Ethan Rosenberg wrote: At 12:38 PM 12/14/2010, Daniel Brown wrote: On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 12:34, Ethan Rosenberg eth...@earthlink.net wrote: Dear List - Thanks for all your help. How do I reset auto_increment so that the primary key will start from 1. The primary key is now 2421. I have deleted all the data in the table and started over, and the primary key just increments from its previous value. Setting auto_increment=0 does not work for me, why I don't know. UPDATE tablename AUTO_INCREMENT=1; -- /Daniel P. Brown Network Infrastructure Manager Documentation, Webmaster Teams http://www.php.net/ == Daniel - Thanks. This is what I get - mysql update Visit3 auto_increment=1; ERROR 1064 (42000): You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '=1' at line 1 Use 'ALTER tablename AUTO_INCREMENT=1' rather than 'UPDATE tablename AUTO_INCREMENT=1'. Toby -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP-DB] Resetting auto_increment
On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 13:02, Ethan Rosenberg eth...@earthlink.net wrote: UPDATE tablename AUTO_INCREMENT=1; mysql update Visit3 auto_increment=1; ERROR 1064 (42000): You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '=1' at line 1 Same error if auto_increment is in caps. What did I do wrong? Sorry, you didn't --- I did. I was working on something for myself simultaneously and somehow crossed wires. My apologies. That's not an UPDATE query, it's an ALTER TABLE query. ALTER TABLE Visit3 AUTO_INCREMENT=1; Again, my apologies. -- /Daniel P. Brown Network Infrastructure Manager Documentation, Webmaster Teams http://www.php.net/ -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP-DB] Resetting auto_increment
On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 13:43, Toby Hart Dyke t...@hartdyke.com wrote: Use 'ALTER tablename AUTO_INCREMENT=1' rather than 'UPDATE tablename AUTO_INCREMENT=1'. Yeah, again, my fault. Not enough coffee on this cold (~7F) winter's day, perhaps. -- /Daniel P. Brown Network Infrastructure Manager Documentation, Webmaster Teams http://www.php.net/ -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
