How to make MySQL table primary key auto increment with some prefix

Question

I have table like this

table
id Varchar(45) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
name CHAR(30) NOT NULL,

I want to increment my id field li

Answer 1

I know it is late but I just want to share on what I have done for this. I'm not allowed to add another table or trigger so I need to generate it in a single query upon insert. For your case, can you try this query.

CREATE TABLE YOURTABLE(
IDNUMBER VARCHAR(7) NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
ENAME VARCHAR(30) not null
);

Perform a select and use this select query and save to the parameter @IDNUMBER

(SELECT IFNULL
     (CONCAT('LHPL',LPAD(
       (SUBSTRING_INDEX
        (MAX(`IDNUMBER`), 'LHPL',-1) + 1), 5, '0')), 'LHPL001')
    AS 'IDNUMBER' FROM YOURTABLE ORDER BY `IDNUMBER` ASC)

And then Insert query will be :

INSERT INTO YOURTABLE(IDNUMBER, ENAME) VALUES 
(@IDNUMBER, 'EMPLOYEE NAME');

The result will be the same as the other answer but the difference is, you will not need to create another table or trigger. I hope that I can help someone that have a same case as mine.