How to re-assign AUTO_INCREMENT column for every row in a MySQL table using PHP

Question

I have an image gallery which website members can upload images to. When an image is uploaded, a MySQL row is written, containing various pieces of information about the ima

Answer 1

I found this to work perfectly and quite quickly so here it is:

ALTER TABLE tablename DROP id

ALTER TABLE tablename ADD id INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT FIRST, ADD PRIMARY KEY (id), AUTO_INCREMENT=1

I know this isn't the proper approach however for my specific situation this is exactly what was needed. There is nothing within the table I was using that is referred to either from or to another table.