How to set an AUTO_INCREMENT field with to start with the value 6000 in mysql?

Question

How to set a field auto increment without auto increment key in mysql or how set a field auto increment with start value 6000 in mysql?

Answer 1

mysql will show you the correct syntax for this, and more, if you execute the following for a table that contains an auto increment PK & some data already:

SHOW CREATE TABLE your_tablename;