From: Andre Polykanine > It's not a strictly PHP question, however since I use that with PHP, > I'm asking it there. > How can I accomplish the task of inserting rows into MySql database > with missing IDs? Say, I have rows with IDs 1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 12, 17, and > 195. How do I make the check that allows to insert firstly the missing > IDs and only then apply the auto-increment? Why are they missing? Were they present at one time then deleted? If so, were they used as foreign keys from another table or referenced in queries for other data that may still reference those empty rows? Think about the ramifications of old data in other tables that may be inherited when new rows are assigned a deleted ID. Bob McConnell -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
