Question

Basically, I have a PHP class for generic SQL statements:

1. object.table('table_name') fills an array with the column names for 'table_name' pulled out of the table_schema

2. object.insert(data_array) runs an insert statement into 'table_name' using the column array and the data_array

3. object.select('where') returns everything in 'table_name' using a where statement input or nothing at all

I did this because i’m lazy and I wanted to make my code prettier. However, the schema lookup returns the ID columns from my tables, which is fine because sometimes I need it returned with object.select(). However, it makes object.insert() kinda difficult.

Is there some SQL functionality I don’t know about that allows you to insert into an auto incrememented column accurately or is there a more simple solution right in front of my eyes and I’m just being a complete moron.

Answer 1

Auto incremented columns cannot be inserted into. You can perform your insert (bypassing the auto-incremented field) and just accept the automatically-generated id…