RE: [PHP] Pragmatically changing a "Record Number"
| From: | Jay Blanchard | Date: | Wed, 29 Aug 2007 17:58:43 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] Pragmatically changing a "Record Number" | ||
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Is there away with PHP that I can pragmatically change that value to
the total records in the database more so then a representation of
the actual record number?
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1. Changing the values in an auto-increment column is just Bad[tm],
especially if you are using it as a unique index.
2. You can get a row count using mysql_num_rows()
3. Ask yourself, "Is it important to keep the auto-increment field
contiguous?"
4. You can always display a row number with PHP that is contiguous, but
not representative of the actual column.