At 4:01 PM -0700 10/28/99, John Embow wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I'm trying to drop all the rows in my database and reloading the
>data with a LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE command. Problem is the primary
>key field is auto-incrementing, so i modify the column to remove
>this, import the data, and then remodify the column to add
>auto-incrementing again. I get all the way to the part where i try
>to remodify the column, and i keep getting the error:
>
>alter table blah
>modify id smallint(5) unsigned not null primary key auto_increment;
>
>ERROR 1062: Duplicate entry '587' for key 1
>
>I've also tried dropping the key and readding it, but i still get
>the same error.
Hm. 587 is a strange number, but try dropping it and adding
it as a mediumint or int and see what happens.
What version of MySQL, by the way?
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Paul DuBois, paul@stripped
