Re: [PHP-DB] auto_increment

Hey friend!

I can't see another way to fix your table without a processing (like a 
stored procedure, script, etcetera).

But I believe there is a workaround, which involves a creation of 
another table. See this:
mysql> CREATE TABLE stats2 LIKE stats;
mysql> ALTER TABLE stats2 ADD COLUMN id INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, 
ADD PRIMARY KEY(id);
mysql> INSERT INTO stats2 SELECT *, 0 FROM stats ORDER BY 
initial_access;

Don't forget to see the correct type of INT which should be used.


Cheers,
Adriano!
> > > > > > > > 
> On Tue, 7 Sep 2010 05:29:07 -0400
>  "Ron Piggott" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am wondering if something like the following
> will work in mySQL:
> 
> ALTER TABLE `stats` ADD `visits` INT( 25 )
> NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT 
> PRIMARY
> KEY FIRST ORDER BY `initial_access` ASC
> 
> This particular syntax won't work though.
> 
> initial_access is a column that contains a unix timestamp.
> 
> I am trying to get the auto_increment value to be
> added in order of sequence of when the visits occurred.
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> Ron
>