|  | Posted by "Rahul S. Johari" on 12/15/05 20:33 
Ave,
 I did actually think about a periodic reset, as I do something like that for
 one other application, different issue.
 
 Thanks.
 
 
 On 12/15/05 1:24 PM, "tg-php@gryffyndevelopment.com"
 <tg-php@gryffyndevelopment.com> wrote:
 
 > If it's really a temporary table, then you can probably reset the auto
 > increment counter periodically so you'll never hit 9999.
 >
 > If it doesn't have to be 4 digits, that you just want it padded out with
 > zeros, you can have the numbers in the databse be 1, 2, 3, 4 (regular, no
 > padding) and just use PHP to pad the numbers for display purposes too.
 >
 > Just some random thoughts.
 >
 > -TG
 >
 > = = = Original message = = =
 >
 > Ave,
 >
 > Now that is an interesting perception. I didn't think about that. Well I can
 > always change it to five or six. Let me re-assess this with the concerned
 > person in the department and see what the scenario is like. I'll have to
 > check the fluency of incoming data and expectancy of reaching the 10,000th
 > mark.
 >
 > Thanks a bunch.
 >
 >
 >
 > On 12/15/05 12:38 PM, "Jim Moseby" <jmoseby@nrbindustries.com> wrote:
 >
 >> Yes, but as I understand it, MySQL will continue to increment as new
 >> records are added, so it would be possible that you have only one record
 >> in the table, but not be able to add another because of the 4 digit
 >> restriction.  If this is the case, you will only be able to have 10,000
 >> ADDs, not 10,000 records.  Just something to be aware of.
 >>
 >> JM
 >
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