Re: phpMyAdmin--resetting auto increments to 0

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On 4/16/06, Jim Lucas <lists@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Jim Lucas wrote:
> > alex wrote:
> >> hi everyone
> >>
> >> i have delete a few entries in my database as they were entered for
> >> testing purposes and are no longer need (actually 102 entries)... and
> >> even thought that db is empty i noticed that when the next entry went
> >> in the id number went to 103
> >> not 0 so i was wondering is it possible to somehow reset the value to
> >> zero...
> >>
> >> it is of int type and auto_increment
> >>
> >> i have a few db's which id like to reset to zero i have tried placing
> >> a zero enrty after deleting the lot but it only jumps to  its next
> >> increment.
> >> does anyone know what i mean...?
> >> any help will be grateful
> >> regards alex
> >>
> > At the top of the Structure page ( or any other when viewing a
> > detailed table view) you should have an Empty tab at the top left.
> > Hit that and it should reset the counter
> >
> also running the command:  DELETE FROM `table_name`
> from the SQL box, should do the same trick

That won't reset the counter.

You'll probably need to do this after you delete all the data:

update table set id=0;

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