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CREATE TABLE animals (
id MEDIUMINT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
name CHAR(30) NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (id)
);
INSERT INTO animals (name) VALUES
('dog'),('cat'),('penguin'),
('lax'),('whale'),('ostrich');
SELECT * FROM animals;
add primary key with auto increment to existing table column mysql
add primary key with auto increment to existing table column in mysql
#ALTER table user_info MODIFY id int(15) PRIMARY KEY AUTO_INCREMENT;
#ALTER table user_info drop PRIMARY KEY;
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS blog_users (
id INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
email VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
password VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (id)
)
/* To insert into an auto incrementing field without specifing every column in
the table, you can use the key word default in the place of the auto
incrementing column*/
INSERT INTO my_table VALUES(default, "test1", 222)
/*VS */
INSERT INTO my_table(name, num) VALUES("test1", 222)
/*Having to type out all of the column names except the auto incrementing one
can be very tedious when you have many columns, just use the keyword defualt
instead and you only have to type it once.