Hey,
Here is what I want to do
I have 2tables
let's say table A and B for simplicity.
in table A I have column id
and in table B I have column A_id
I insert a new value into table A insert into a values(NULL)
Since id is auto_incremenet and the primary key it will have an auto value.
Now I want
Check out LAST_INSERT_ID() in the manual
-Original Message-
From: Jonas Geiregat [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 12:26 PM
To: 'Mysql'
Subject: probably a stupid question
Hey,
Here is what I want to do
I have 2tables
let's say table A and B for simplicity
On 18-Jun-2003 Jonas Geiregat wrote:
snip
I insert a new value into table A insert into a values(NULL)
Since id is auto_incremenet and the primary key it will have an auto
value.
Now I want that the column A_id contains that id nr.
I could query for the biggest id in column A and insert
Jonas,
After the insert, execute
SELECT LAST_INSERT_ID();
This always gives the last auto increment value generated by your database
connection.
Andy
-Original Message-
From: Jonas Geiregat [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 18 June 2003 19:26
To: 'Mysql'
Subject: probably a stupid
Use an index
If you mean use a primary key to create a unique record
regardless of the other data in the row, I've already done
that. However I'm using that primary key as a means of
creating a relationship with another table.
What I don't want, is the same category name and
customerID twice,
On 08-Jul-01 Jonah Klimack wrote:
What I don't want, is the same category name and
customerID twice, even if it does have an index column
that differentiates it from other rows.
I've tried this:
ID INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
customerID INT UNSIGNED,
categoryname
Hi
I want to enforce unique records in one of my
tables.
The table goes like this:
ID INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
customerID INT UNSIGNED,
categoryname VARCHAR(20)
With customer ID pointing to a customers table.
I suddenly realized that one customer could input
the same
Use an index.
--
Jonah Klimack wrote:
Hi
I want to enforce unique records in one of my
tables.
The table goes like this:
ID INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
customerID INT UNSIGNED,
categoryname VARCHAR(20)
With customer ID pointing to a customers table.
