On 8 Oct 2002, at 12:23, Bill Hess wrote: > What is the maximum value of an AUTO_INCREMENT field? I am currently > running into a maximum value of 296,995,724 on Solaris 8 using MySQL > 3.23.42 - the field has been defined as an INT(11), which should be able > to handle a value bigger than what I am seeing - The DuBois MySQL book > states it should handle 2^31 which turns out to be 2,147,483,648
What is the error message you're getting? Could it be that the problem is the actually size of your data file (over 4 GB?) rather than the value of the AUTO_INCREMENT? [Filter fodder: SQL] -- Keith C. Ivey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tobacco Documents Online http://tobaccodocuments.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
