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Asked: 2026-06-17T12:19:42+00:00

Example: I have a tab books with id (int autoincrement) as primary key, name,

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Example:
I have a tab “books” with “id” (int autoincrement) as primary key,
name, author, price etc…(not important). There’s 5 books and I delete the book with id=3.
When I add other books the autoincrement value will start from 6 and there’s a missed 3 in the id sequence (1 2 4 5 6). So multiple delete/add can create a tab with missing id values if I don’t set the autoincrement value or I don’t reassign id to books.

Can the situation with missing numbers in id create lowering of performance in queries?

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  1. Editorial Team

    You don’t need to worry about performance with missing auto-increment values.

    Just make sure you choose the proper data type for the auto-increment column so you do not run out of values.

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