Reserving mySQL auto-incremented IDs?

Question

We want to obtain an auto-increment ID from mySQL without actually storing it until the other non-mysql related processes are successfully completed, so that the entry is not st

Answer 1

Have you considred using mysql tranactions?

The essense of it, you start a transaction, if all sql statements are correct and can be complteted, then you commit your transaction. If not, then you rollback as if nothing happened.

More details can be read in this link: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/sql-syntax-transactions.html