2011/1/21 Jerry Schwartz <je...@gii.co.jp>: >>-----Original Message----- >>From: João Cândido de Souza Neto [mailto:j...@consultorweb.cnt.br] >>Sent: Friday, January 21, 2011 12:47 PM >>To: mysql@lists.mysql.com >>Subject: Re: CURRENT insert ID >> >>Ok, you must have your own reasons to do that. >> >>The fact is: You can´t set the auto_incremente value field to another field >>in the same table and record even in a trigger. >> >>So, the best way is a second update. >> > [JS] That's what I'm trying to do now, but I'm using MS Access through an ODBC > connection and I haven't figured out how to retrieve last_insert_id.
I will tell you a secret. But shhhhhhhhhh. Do not tell anyone: ------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<------ mysql> create table mytable(id int auto_increment primary key, name varchar(255)); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.07 sec) mysql> insert into mytable (name) values ('test data'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec) mysql> select id from mytable where id is null; -- OMG!!! +----+ | id | +----+ | 1 | +----+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) ------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<------ -- Jaime Crespo MySQL & Java Instructor Software Developer Warp Networks <http://warp.es> -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=arch...@jab.org