Re: MySQL ID -- what happens when you run out of range?

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Joseph Thayne wrote:
> That is incorrect.  What will happen is as follows:
> 
> 1.  The value will be incremented by 1 causing the value to be greater
> than the maximum integer allowed.
> 2.  MySQL will see this as a problem and "truncate" it to the closest
> value.
> 3.  MySQL will then try and insert the new row with the updated id.
> 4.  MySQL will find that the id already exists, and will return a
> duplicate ID error.

5. A tear is rendered in the space time continuum!

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Thanks!
-Shawn
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