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Özgür Yildirim
4,088 PointsWhen inserting a row, do I have to write NULL for the id to make use of the autoincrementing property?
INSERT INTO <table> VALUES(NULL, "bla", "bla");
here, the first entry is autoincrementing so I want to make use of that. Do I have to assign it the NULL value?
1 Answer

Joshua Goss
5,609 PointsJust to add that in case you don't specify the column names, then you need to enter NULL for the id column.
So while this passes ok
INSERT INTO actors (name) VALUES ("John Smith");
This doesn't
INSERT INTO actors VALUES ("John Smith");
and you would have to use NULL like this
INSERT INTO actors VALUES (NULL, "John Smith");