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Is there any way to insert the row number of a row as it is inserted in MySQL? Something like:

INSERT INTO users SET uid=ROWNUMBER(), email="[email protected]";

If not, is there any other way that you would suggest to create a uid based on the entry number?

Thanks!

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MySQL (along with most RDBMS) does not have any internal row number or order. However, you can create an uid column which will auto increment every time a new record is inserted.

ALTER TABLE users ADD uid INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY

Now when you do an INSERT, MySQL will automatically increment the uid column.

INSERT INTO users SET email="[email protected]"
Tim Biegeleisen
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  • Thanks! Originally when I first came across this problem, that is the exact solution I was looking for. I'm glad you found it even though I'd forgotten about it. – MyUser Nov 20 '15 at 04:28