Re: FN-FORUM: Mysql syntax help

date posted 1st May 2008 16:44

On Thursday 01 May 2008 18:37:17 Graham Stark wrote:

> Is id always greater for later entries? (You'd get that if you had set
> the autoincrement attribute on that field). If so then you'd get what

I think it's possible for MySQL to re-use deleted ID values. Even if
not, relying on what is basically a side-effect isn't going to be a good
idea.