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To start with an AUTO_INCREMENT value other than 1
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mysql>
mysql> CREATE TABLE employee (
-> id MEDIUMINT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
-> name CHAR(30) NOT NULL,
-> PRIMARY KEY (id)
-> );
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec)
mysql>
mysql> desc employee;
+-------+--------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
| Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
+-------+--------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
| id | mediumint(9) | NO | PRI | NULL | auto_increment |
| name | char(30) | NO | | | |
+-------+--------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)
mysql>
mysql> ALTER TABLE employee AUTO_INCREMENT = 100;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.05 sec)
Records: 0 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0
mysql> INSERT INTO employee (name) VALUES ('A'),
-> ('B'),
-> ('C'),
-> ('D'),
-> ('E'),
-> ('F');
Query OK, 6 rows affected (0.00 sec)
Records: 6 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0
mysql>
mysql> SELECT * FROM employee;
+-----+------+
| id | name |
+-----+------+
| 100 | A |
| 101 | B |
| 102 | C |
| 103 | D |
| 104 | E |
| 105 | F |
+-----+------+
6 rows in set (0.00 sec)
mysql>
mysql> select LAST_INSERT_ID();
+------------------+
| LAST_INSERT_ID() |
+------------------+
| 100 |
+------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
mysql>
mysql> drop table employee;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
mysql>
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