auto-increment

Wondering if there is a shorthand version to insert a new record into a table that has the primary key enabled? (i.e. not having to include the key column in the query) Lets say the key column is called ID, and the other columns are Fname, Lname, and Website $query = "INSERT INTO myTable VALUES ('Fname', 'Lname', 'Website')"; regality Use the DEFAULT keyword: $query = "INSERT INTO myTable VALUES (DEFAULT,'Fname', 'Lname', 'Website')"; Also, you can specify the columns, (which is better practice): $query = "INSERT INTO myTable (fname, lname, website) VALUES ('fname', 'lname', 'website')";

Scenario: I have a table which references two foreign keys, and for each unique combination of these foreign keys, has its own auto_increment column. I need to implement a Composite Key that will help identify the row as unique using combination of these three (one foreign keys and one auto_increment column, and one other column with non-unique values) Table: CREATE TABLE `issue_log` ( `sr_no` INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT , `app_id` INT NOT NULL , `test_id` INT NOT NULL , `issue_name` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL , primary key (app_id, test_id,sr_no) ); Of course, there has to be something wrong with

For example I have a table with 2 columns, first_name and last_name with these values Ali Khani Elizabette Amini Britney Spears ,... I want to write a select query that generate a table like this: 1 Ali Khani 2 Elizabette Amini 3 Britney Spears ,... Thanks for your help. If it is MySql you can try SELECT @n := @n + 1 n, first_name, last_name FROM table1, (SELECT @n := 0) m ORDER BY first_name, last_name SQLFiddle And for SQLServer SELECT row_number() OVER (ORDER BY first_name, last_name) n, first_name, last_name FROM table1 SQLFiddle here's for SQL server, Oracle, PostgreSQL which support

I acquired a database from another developer. He didn't use auto_incrementers on any tables. They all have primary key ID's, but he did all the incrementing manually, in code. Can I turn those into Auto_incrementers now? Wow, very nice, thanks a ton. It worked without a hitch on one of my tables. But a second table, i'm getting this error...Error on rename of '.\DBNAME#sql-6c8_62259c' to '.\DBNAME\dealer_master_events' Bill Karwin For example, here's a table that has a primary key but is not AUTO_INCREMENT : mysql> CREATE TABLE foo ( id INT NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (id) ); mysql> INSERT INTO foo

Is there a way with MySQL (5.0 specifically) to have an auto_increment field who's value is based on a grouping column? Example: id name group_field 1 test 1 2 test2 1 1 test3 2 2 test4 2 1 test5 3 2 test6 3 I'd like to not have to go through any 'crazy' methods to achive this, but will if necessary. For MyISAM and BDB tables you can have an auto_increment field as a secondary part of key, e.g. CREATE TABLE foo ( id INT AUTO_INCREMENT NOT NULL, group_field INT NOT NULL, name VARCHAR(128), PRIMARY KEY(group_field, id) ); Here's what the manual says about this In this case, the generated value