Hi! Sorry, first i got you wrong - reading is quite complicated - i know :) So here is my suggestion: $primkey = 325; $qry = 'SELECT `number` FROM `movies` ORDER BY `number` DESC LIMIT 0, 1'; $max_number = mysql_fetch_array(mysql_query($qry)); $max_number = $max_number['number']; $qry = 'INSERT INTO `table` (`col1`, `col2`, `col3`, `col4`, `number`) VALUES ("val1", "val2", "val3", "val4", '.($max_number+1).')'; $res = mysql_query($qry); So. this should work i thing :) .ma Raymond Lilleødegård <rhov@c2i.net> wrote@21.04.2003 1:11 Uhr: > Hi! > > I'm trying to add a new column in my moviedatabase because I want to have a > movienumber that doesn't have "holes" between the movies when I delete a > movie. So I have to update the new column with increasing numbers. Is it > possible to refer to row with a mysqlnumer of any kind? > > Best regards Richard > > Matthias Steinböck Email: grillen@abendstille.at Web: http://www.abendstille.at Frühabendliches Webdesign. ------------------------------------------ Im Übrigen sind wir der Meinung, dass Die Welt so vor ihrem Untergang Gerettet weden könnte: Also, man muss - Verdammt, wo ist mein Butterbrot??... -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php