Reorder / reset auto increment primary key

Question

I have a MySQL table with an auto increment primary key. I deleted some rows in the middle of the table. Now I have, for example, something like this in the ID column: 12, 1

Answer 1

for InnoDB, do this (this will remove all records from a table, make a bakcup first):

SET @OLD_CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS=@@CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS ;
SET @OLD_COLLATION_CONNECTION=@@COLLATION_CONNECTION ;
SET NAMES utf8 ;
SET @OLD_UNIQUE_CHECKS=@@UNIQUE_CHECKS, UNIQUE_CHECKS=0 ;
SET @OLD_FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=@@FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS, FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=0 ;
SET @OLD_SQL_MODE=@@SQL_MODE, SQL_MODE='NO_AUTO_VALUE_ON_ZERO' ;
SET @OLD_SQL_NOTES=@@SQL_NOTES, SQL_NOTES=0 ;
/* ================================================= */

drop table tablename;
CREATE TABLE `tablename` (
   table structure here!

) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=  ai number to reset  DEFAULT CHARSET= char set here;



/* ================================================= */
SET SQL_MODE=@OLD_SQL_MODE ;
SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=@OLD_FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS ;
SET UNIQUE_CHECKS=@OLD_UNIQUE_CHECKS ;
SET CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT=@OLD_CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT ;
SET CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS=@OLD_CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS ;
SET COLLATION_CONNECTION=@OLD_COLLATION_CONNECTION ;
SET SQL_NOTES=@OLD_SQL_NOTES ;