MySQL Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples - v4.46, by Herong Yang
Creating Tables with AUTO_INCREMENT Columns
Describes how to create a table with an AUTO_INCREMENT column.
Different database servers have different ways to support columns with automatically incremented values. MySQL uses the key word AUTO_INCREMENT to specify an auto-incrementing column.
In order to try AUTO_INCREMENT columns and provide a test table for testing DML (Data Manipulation Statements), I wrote the following program to create a table called "Profile" with the primary key column defined as an AUTO_INCREMENT column:
/* MySqlAutoIncrement.java * Copyright (c) 2005 HerongYang.com. All Rights Reserved. */ import java.sql.*; import javax.sql.*; public class MySqlAutoIncrement { public static void main(String [] args) { Connection con = null; try { // Setting up the DataSource object // For MySQL Connector/J 5.1.38 // com.mysql.jdbc.jdbc2.optional.MysqlDataSource ds // = new com.mysql.jdbc.jdbc2.optional.MysqlDataSource(); // For MySQL Connector/J 8.0.17 com.mysql.cj.jdbc.MysqlDataSource ds = new com.mysql.cj.jdbc.MysqlDataSource(); ds.setServerName("localhost"); ds.setPortNumber(3306); ds.setDatabaseName("test"); ds.setUser("root"); ds.setPassword("TopSecret"); // Getting a connection object con = ds.getConnection(); // Creating a database table Statement sta = con.createStatement(); int count = sta.executeUpdate( "CREATE TABLE Profile (" + " ID INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTO_INCREMENT," + " FirstName VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL," + " LastName VARCHAR(20)," + " Point REAL DEFAULT 0.0," + " BirthDate DATE DEFAULT '1988-12-31'," + " ModTime TIMESTAMP DEFAULT '2016-12-31 23:59:59.999')"); System.out.println("Table created."); sta.close(); con.close(); } catch (Exception e) { System.err.println("Exception: "+e.getMessage()); } } }
When you run this program, table Profile will be created. But you run it again, you will get an exception:
herong> java -cp .;\local\lib\mysql-connector-java-8.0.17.jar MySqlAutoIncrement.java Table created. herong> java -cp .;\local\lib\mysql-connector-java-8.0.17.jar MySqlAutoIncrement.java Exception: Table 'profile' already exists
Table of Contents
MySQL Introduction and Installation
Introduction of MySQL Programs
Perl Programs and MySQL Servers
►Java Programs and MySQL Servers
MySQL Connector/J - Download and Installation
Loading JDBC Driver Class - com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver
Connection URL Tests on Older MySQL Connector/J
Creating Connections with DataSource Class
Getting Driver and Server Information
►Creating Tables with AUTO_INCREMENT Columns
Character Strings and Bit Strings
Table Column Types for Different Types of Values
Using DDL to Create Tables and Indexes
Using DML to Insert, Update and Delete Records
Using SELECT to Query Database
Window Functions for Statistical Analysis
Use Index for Better Performance
Transaction Management and Isolation Levels
Defining and Calling Stored Procedures
Variables, Loops and Cursors Used in Stored Procedures
System, User-Defined and Stored Procedure Variables
Storage Engines in MySQL Server
InnoDB Storage Engine - Primary and Secondary Indexes
Performance Tuning and Optimization
Installing MySQL Server on Linux