Le samedi 20 août 2005 à 13:53 -0700, Devananda a écrit : Hi Devananda,
> In short, it sounds like you should be able to simply copy the > auto_increment field data from your old DBMS into MySQL, and continue to > use it as such, without problem. Have you tried this in a test > environment yet? > > Perhaps I have completely misunderstood what you are trying to do. If > that's the case, I apologize for the long winded and useless answer! This was precisely the explanation I was looking for, and it will save me a great deal of headache. I hadn't realized that you could insert non-contiguous values into an auto_increment column and maintain the increment integrity. Thanks a lots for your reply, Alex -- Thurgood Alex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cabinet Michel Richebourg -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]