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Incrementing a field in SQL using PHP

I have a table (T1) with some fields F2, F3 (Columns) with already some values in it …. .

I need to add a new field (F1) to the table (T1) and F1 will be the primary key .

The field type F1 is a integer .

I assigned a random 8 digit number to the first row of F1 and the remaining rows should be incremented by 1 from the previous row. This increment should go in par with the other fields F2 , F3 etc…

This F1 should also be increased if entirely new row is added to the table.

I tried to do it with lastinsertid() in PHP but it only works for rows which are newly created.

Can u ppl help me in writing the code for the above using lastinsertid().

If its not clear plzz let me know..

Answer 1

Just set the primary key of your table to auto_increment. Check this for more info