Re: [PHP-DB] Resetting auto_increment

2010-12-14 Thread Daniel Brown
On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 12:34, Ethan Rosenberg eth...@earthlink.net wrote: Dear List - Thanks for all your help. How do I reset auto_increment so that the primary key will start from 1.  The primary key is now 2421.  I have deleted all the data in the table and started over, and the primary

Re: [PHP-DB] Resetting auto_increment

2010-12-14 Thread Ethan Rosenberg
At 12:38 PM 12/14/2010, Daniel Brown wrote: On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 12:34, Ethan Rosenberg eth...@earthlink.net wrote: Dear List - Thanks for all your help. How do I reset auto_increment so that the primary key will start from 1. The primary key is now 2421. I have deleted all the data

Re: [PHP-DB] Resetting auto_increment

2010-12-14 Thread Toby Hart Dyke
On 12/14/2010 1:02 PM, Ethan Rosenberg wrote: At 12:38 PM 12/14/2010, Daniel Brown wrote: On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 12:34, Ethan Rosenberg eth...@earthlink.net wrote: Dear List - Thanks for all your help. How do I reset auto_increment so that the primary key will start from 1. The

Re: [PHP-DB] Resetting auto_increment

2010-12-14 Thread Daniel Brown
On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 13:02, Ethan Rosenberg eth...@earthlink.net wrote:    UPDATE tablename AUTO_INCREMENT=1; mysql update Visit3 auto_increment=1; ERROR 1064 (42000): You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax

Re: [PHP-DB] Resetting auto_increment

2010-12-14 Thread Daniel Brown
On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 13:43, Toby Hart Dyke t...@hartdyke.com wrote: Use  'ALTER tablename AUTO_INCREMENT=1' rather than 'UPDATE tablename AUTO_INCREMENT=1'. Yeah, again, my fault. Not enough coffee on this cold (~7F) winter's day, perhaps. -- /Daniel P. Brown Network Infrastructure