Hi,
Is there a function to fill an integer column in
incremental order (1,2,..,n).
Cannot use Auto_Increment as the table has another
primary key.
regards
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A Z [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is there a function to fill an integer column in
incremental order (1,2,..,n).
Cannot use Auto_Increment as the table has another
primary key.
Auto_increment column isn't necessarily to be primary key, it must be indexed.
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A Z Wrote
Hi,
Is there a function to fill an integer column in
incremental order (1,2,..,n).
Cannot use Auto_Increment as the table has another
primary key.
regards
/A Z
Hello A Z,
You can declare a column as AUTO_INCREMENT without designating it as a
primary key. However, having more than 1
If I understand you, you've created a new INT column which is empty, and you
want to fill it. If so, you could
SET @i = 0;
UPDATE yourtable SET your_int_col = (@i:= @i + 1);
I would imagine that there is an order you want for the resulting sequence.
In that case, you should add an ORDER
