It continues incrementing the id field from where it left.. But i found the solution on the web; it's as simple as : TRUNCATE mytable; (which deletes the contents and also resets auto_increment field to 0)
Thanks ! On Tue, 12 Mar 2002, Rick Emery wrote: > It worked for me. > > What results did you get? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Claudiu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 8:51 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [PHP] reset auto_increment field mysql > > > I wish it was that simple... > No.. It doesn't work this way... > > On Tue, 12 Mar 2002, Rick Emery wrote: > > > your query is: DELETE FROM mytable; > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Claudiu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 5:09 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [PHP] reset auto_increment field mysql > > > > > > I have a mysql table which contains an id field which is set to > > auto_increment. > > I have a script which empties this database at regular intervals. > > My problem is that the auto_increment field won't reset to 0 after > > deleting all of tha data, but continue incrementing from where it left. > > > > How can i solve this problem.. > > I want id to reset to 0 when i delete the contents of the table. > > Can someone help? > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
