To start with an AUTO_INCREMENT value other than 1 : AUTO_INCREMENT « Table « MySQL Tutorial






mysql>
mysql> CREATE TABLE employee (
    ->      id MEDIUMINT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
    ->      name CHAR(30) NOT NULL,
    ->      PRIMARY KEY (id)
    ->  );
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec)

mysql>
mysql> desc employee;
+-------+--------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
| Field | Type         | Null | Key | Default | Extra          |
+-------+--------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
| id    | mediumint(9) | NO   | PRI | NULL    | auto_increment |
| name  | char(30)     | NO   |     |         |                |
+-------+--------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)

mysql>
mysql> ALTER TABLE employee AUTO_INCREMENT = 100;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.05 sec)
Records: 0  Duplicates: 0  Warnings: 0

mysql> INSERT INTO employee (name) VALUES ('A'),
    ->                                    ('B'),
    ->                                    ('C'),
    ->                                    ('D'),
    ->                                    ('E'),
    ->                                    ('F');
Query OK, 6 rows affected (0.00 sec)
Records: 6  Duplicates: 0  Warnings: 0

mysql>
mysql> SELECT * FROM employee;
+-----+------+
| id  | name |
+-----+------+
| 100 | A    |
| 101 | B    |
| 102 | C    |
| 103 | D    |
| 104 | E    |
| 105 | F    |
+-----+------+
6 rows in set (0.00 sec)

mysql>
mysql> select LAST_INSERT_ID();
+------------------+
| LAST_INSERT_ID() |
+------------------+
|              100 |
+------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

mysql>
mysql> drop table employee;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql>
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4.18.AUTO_INCREMENT
4.18.1.Use Auto_increment column as part of the key
4.18.2.To start with an AUTO_INCREMENT value other than 1
4.18.3.You can retrieve the most recent AUTO_INCREMENT value with the LAST_INSERT_ID().
4.18.4.For a multiple-row insert, LAST_INSERT_ID() returns the AUTO_INCREMENT key from the first of the inserted rows