How to copy a row and insert in same table with a autoincrement field in MySQL?

Question

In MySQL I am trying to copy a row with an autoincrement column ID=1 and insert the data into same table as a new row with

Answer 1

A lot of great answers here. Below is a sample of the stored procedure that I wrote to accomplish this task for a Web App that I am developing:

-- SET NOCOUNT ON added to prevent extra result sets from
-- interfering with SELECT statements.
SET NOCOUNT ON

-- Create Temporary Table
SELECT * INTO #tempTable FROM  WHERE Id = Id

--To trigger the auto increment
UPDATE #tempTable SET Id = NULL 

--Update new data row in #tempTable here!

--Insert duplicate row with modified data back into your table
INSERT INTO  SELECT * FROM #tempTable

-- Drop Temporary Table
DROP TABLE #tempTable