{"id":134,"date":"2023-07-22T12:38:22","date_gmt":"2023-07-22T12:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/local.tutorials\/?post_type=topic&#038;p=134"},"modified":"2023-07-22T12:38:24","modified_gmt":"2023-07-22T12:38:24","slug":"mysql-auto-increment","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"http:\/\/local.tutorials\/topic\/mysql-auto-increment\/","title":{"rendered":"MySQL\u00a0&#8211; AUTO INCREMENT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In MySQL, the <code>AUTO_INCREMENT<\/code> attribute is used with an integer column to automatically generate a unique value for each new row inserted into the table. Typically, this attribute is used for primary key columns to ensure that each record has a unique identifier. 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MySQL will handle it automatically:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-prismatic-blocks\"><code class=\"language-sql\">INSERT INTO students (first_name, last_name, age) VALUES (&#039;John&#039;, &#039;Doe&#039;, 25);<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>In this insert statement, we didn&#8217;t specify a value for the <code>id<\/code> column, but MySQL will generate a unique value for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to retrieve the last automatically generated ID after an insert, you can use the <code>LAST_INSERT_ID()<\/code> function:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-prismatic-blocks\"><code class=\"language-sql\">INSERT INTO students (first_name, last_name, age) VALUES (&#039;Jane&#039;, &#039;Smith&#039;, 22);\nSELECT LAST_INSERT_ID();<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>The <code>LAST_INSERT_ID()<\/code> function returns the value of the <code>id<\/code> column for the most recent <code>AUTO_INCREMENT<\/code> value generated by an insert statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Remember that each table can have only one <code>AUTO_INCREMENT<\/code> column, and it must be a key column (either the primary key or part of a unique index). 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