Right, only on an INTEGER col, as documented [sheepish grin] thanks all matt On Mon, 07 May 2001, Peter Pentchev wrote: > > On Mon, May 07, 2001 at 07:21:59AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > I've started using MySQL for the first time and I'm hvaing a bit of a problem with >defining an AUTO_INCREMENT column. I'm using ver 3.23.32 which I downloaded for >Linux and Win2k. I am having this problem on both systems. > > > > Ok if I try to run the create table statement: > > > > create table test > > (id_pk numeric(10) AUTO_INCREMENT) > > > > I get the error: > > > > Error while executing statement: > > Invalid argument value: Incorrect column specifier for column 'id_pk' > > Correct the statement and do another try! > > > > > > Does anyone know why this happens? Am I missing something that needs to included >during compilation? > > Nope, it's just that AUTO_INCREMENT can only be used with INTEGER columns. > Also, an AUTO_INCREMENT column must be defined as a key. So, try: > > CREATE TABLE test (id_pk INTEGER AUTO_INCREMENT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY); > > G'luck, > Peter > > -- > I am not the subject of this sentence. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php ______________________________________________________ 123India.com - India's Premier Portal Get your Free Email Account at http://www.123india.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
