How to Reset an MySQL AutoIncrement using a MAX value from another table?

Question

I know this won\'t work, tried it in various forms and failed all times. What is the simplest way to achieve the following result?

ALTER TABLE XYZ AUTO_INCRE         


        

Answer 1

Who is having problem with PREPARE stmt FROM 'ALTER TABLE XYZ AUTO_INCREMENT = ?' can use

CREATE PROCEDURE reset_xyz_autoincrement
BEGIN
      SELECT @max := MAX(ID)+ 1 FROM ABC; 
      set @alter_statement = concat('ALTER TABLE temp_job_version AUTO_INCREMENT = ', @max);
      PREPARE stmt FROM @alter_statement;
      EXECUTE stmt;
      DEALLOCATE PREPARE stmt;
END