Auto Increment after delete in MySQL

Question

I have a MySQL table with a primary key field that has AUTO_INCREMENT on. After reading other posts on here I\'ve noticed people with the same problem and with varied answer

Answer 1

here is a function that fix your problem

    public static void fixID(Connection conn, String table) {

    try {
        Statement myStmt = conn.createStatement();
        ResultSet myRs;
        int i = 1, id = 1, n = 0;
        boolean b;
        String sql;

        myRs = myStmt.executeQuery("select max(id) from " + table);
        if (myRs.next()) {
            n = myRs.getInt(1);
        }
        while (i <= n) {
            b = false;
            myRs = null;
            while (!b) {
                myRs = myStmt.executeQuery("select id from " + table + " where id=" + id);
                if (!myRs.next()) {
                    id++;
                } else {
                    b = true;
                }
            }

            sql = "UPDATE " + table + " set id =" + i + " WHERE id=" + id;
            myStmt.execute(sql);
            i++;
            id++;
        }

    } catch (SQLException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
}