AUTO_INCREMENT value

Is there something wrong with this query?    Or how do I check for an
error message?  The query below works when in phpmyadmin, but not in my
cron job.  There has been times when cron jobs have needed a small tweak
to work when they run ok in phpmyadmin, but I am unsure of what is
wrong.

ALTER TABLE `thev4173_verseoftheday`.`verse_of_the_day_email_que`
AUTO_INCREMENT =1

Ron

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