Finding the next available id in MySQL

Question

I have to find the next available id (if there are 5 data in database, I have to get the next available insert place which is 6) in a MySQL database. How can I do that? I h

Answer 1

As I understand, if have id's: 1,2,4,5 it should return 3.

SELECT t1.id + 1
FROM theTable t1
WHERE NOT EXISTS (
    SELECT * 
    FROM theTable t2
    WHERE t2.id = t1.id + 1
)
LIMIT 1