Posted by JMosey on 05/22/06 09:00

I know this isn't strictly php, but I am guessing someone has run into
this before in php work.

I have a table, this table has an autonumber as a primary key.

I export the table in phpMyAdmin.

Cool so far.

I create a new DB, I import the backup of the DB in that new DB and it
throws an error that the table with the automnumber already has a value
of 1 (it isn't incrementing the new table).

Ok, go back and hack through, remove the autonumber. Now export and it
imports fine.

Except how do I get the autonumber back? There are hundreds of rows of
data and I want that autonumber but when I try and add it it says there
is already an ID field with a "1" (same as before, not saying "find the
highest and add one more" just saying "start at 1, oops there is one,
then die"

Anyone know a way around this? I want ot add my autonumber to my table
with the data that is already there.

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