drop table if exists t1; create table t1 (a int not null auto_increment,b int, primary key (a)) type=myisam auto_increment=3; insert into t1 values (1,1),(NULL,3),(NULL,4); delete from t1 where a=4; insert into t1 values (NULL,5),(NULL,6); select * from t1; a b 1 1 3 3 5 5 6 6 delete from t1 where a=6; replace t1 values (3,1); ALTER TABLE t1 add c int; replace t1 values (3,3,3); insert into t1 values (NULL,7,7); update t1 set a=8,b=b+1,c=c+1 where a=7; insert into t1 values (NULL,9,9); select * from t1; a b c 1 1 NULL 3 3 3 5 5 NULL 8 8 8 9 9 9 drop table t1; create table t1 ( skey tinyint unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment PRIMARY KEY, sval char(20) ); insert into t1 values (NULL, "hello"); insert into t1 values (NULL, "hey"); select * from t1; skey sval 1 hello 2 hey select _rowid,t1._rowid,skey,sval from t1; _rowid _rowid skey sval 1 1 1 hello 2 2 2 hey drop table t1; create table t1 (a char(10) not null, b int not null auto_increment, primary key(a,b)); insert into t1 values ("a",1),("b",2),("a",2),("c",1); insert into t1 values ("a",NULL),("b",NULL),("c",NULL),("e",NULL); insert into t1 (a) values ("a"),("b"),("c"),("d"); insert into t1 (a) values ('k'),('d'); insert into t1 (a) values ("a"); insert into t1 values ("d",last_insert_id()); select * from t1; a b a 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a 5 b 2 b 3 b 4 c 1 c 2 c 3 d 1 d 2 d 5 e 1 k 1 drop table t1; create table t1 (ordid int(8) not null auto_increment, ord varchar(50) not null, primary key (ordid), index(ord,ordid)); insert into t1 (ordid,ord) values (NULL,'sdj'),(NULL,'sdj'); select * from t1; ordid ord 1 sdj 2 sdj drop table t1; create table t1 (ordid int(8) not null auto_increment, ord varchar(50) not null, primary key (ord,ordid)); insert into t1 values (NULL,'sdj'),(NULL,'sdj'),(NULL,"abc"),(NULL,'abc'),(NULL,'zzz'),(NULL,'sdj'),(NULL,'abc'); select * from t1; ordid ord 1 abc 2 abc 3 abc 1 sdj 2 sdj 3 sdj 1 zzz drop table t1; create table t1 (a int not null primary key auto_increment); insert into t1 values (0); update t1 set a=0; select * from t1; a 0 check table t1; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.t1 check warning Found row where the auto_increment column has the value 0 test.t1 check status OK drop table t1;