resequence autoincrement fields

[jenniferG]

we have a table  we use in development that  has a primary  key for three rows = 1,2,57.  I think there is a way to resequence these when we deploy the product that

the  autoincrement field is  1,2,3  but I can't find the way to do it. The table has  no other keys and no columns linked to other tables.

 

Thanks,

 

Melanie

 

[lemmin]

Here is the MySQL documentation for auto incrementation. The second comment down has information about what you are asking.

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/example-auto-increment.html

[jenniferG]

Thanks-

 

We  had heard about that technique, but Guy says  that data is lost Do you know if all the table data is lost, or is just the  data related to the auto-increment field. we ahave no

other tables dependent upon the auto-increment value, so we can los that data and non invalidate any links.

 

Thanks,

 

Melanie