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Auto-Increment Field Value Jump

If the values of the auto-increment field are discontinuous, possible causes including the following:

  • If the increment is not 1, the values of the auto-increment field are discontinuous. 
    mysql> show variables like 'auto_inc%'; 
+--------------------------+-------+ 
| Variable_name            | Value | 
+--------------------------+-------+ 
| auto_increment_increment | 2     | 
| auto_increment_offset    | 1     | 
+--------------------------+-------+ 
mysql> select * from auto_test1; 
+----+ 
| id | 
+----+ 
|  2 | 
|  4 | 
|  6 | 
|  8 | 
+----+
  • The value of AUTO_INCREMENT was changed. 
    mysql> select * from animals; 
+----+-----------+ 
| id | name      | 
+----+-----------+ 
|  1 | fish       | 
|  2 | cat       | 
|  3 | penguin   | 
+----+-----------+ 
mysql> show create table animals; 
+---------+-----------------------------------------------------+ 
| Table   | Create Table                                                   | 
+---------+-----------------------------------------------------+ 
| animals | CREATE TABLE `animals` (   
`id` mediumint NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,   
`name` char(30) NOT NULL,   
PRIMARY KEY (`id`) ) 
ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=4 DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 | 
+---------+-----------------------------------------------------+ 
mysql> alter table animals AUTO_INCREMENT=100; 
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.04 sec) 
Records: 0  Duplicates: 0  Warnings: 0 
mysql> show create table animals; 
+---------+-----------------------------------------------------+ 
| Table   | Create Table                                        | 
+---------+-----------------------------------------------------+ 
| animals | CREATE TABLE `animals` (   
`id` mediumint NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,   
`name` char(30) NOT NULL,   
PRIMARY KEY (`id`) 
) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=100 DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8         | 
+---------+-----------------------------------------------------+ 
mysql> INSERT INTO animals (id,name) VALUES(0,'rabbit'); 
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)  
mysql> select * from animals; 
+-----+-----------+ 
| id  | name      | 
+-----+-----------+ 
|   1 | fish       | 
|   2 | cat       | 
|   3 | penguin   | 
| 100 | rabbit    | 
+-----+-----------+ 
9 rows in set (0.00 sec)
  • The value of the auto-increment field was specified when data was inserted. 
    mysql> select * from animals; 
+----+-----------+ 
| id | name      | 
+----+-----------+ 
|  1 | fish       | 
|  2 | cat       | 
|  3 | penguin   | 
+----+-----------+ 
mysql> INSERT INTO animals (id,name) VALUES(100,'rabbit'); 
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)  
mysql> select * from animals; 
+-----+-----------+ 
| id  | name      | 
+-----+-----------+ 
|   1 | fish       | 
|   2 | cat       | 
|   3 | penguin   | 
| 100 | rabbit    | 
+-----+-----------+ 
9 rows in set (0.00 sec)
  • A transaction was not committed or was rolled back, so the value of AUTO_INCREMENT increased, but then it did not go back down after the rollback. When data is inserted again, the value of the auto-increment field jumps. 
    mysql> show create table auto_test1; 
+------------+----------------------------------------+ 
| Table      | Create Table                           | 
+------------+----------------------------------------+ 
| auto_test1 | CREATE TABLE `auto_test1` (   
`id` int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,   
PRIMARY KEY (`id`) 
) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=4 DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 | 
+------------+----------------------------------------+ 
1 row in set (0.00 sec)  
mysql> select * from auto_test1; 
+----+ 
| id | 
+----+ 
|  1 | 
|  2 | 
|  3 | 
+----+ 
mysql> begin; 
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.02 sec)  
mysql> insert into auto_test1 values (0),(0),(0); 
Query OK, 3 rows affected (0.00 sec) 
Records: 3  Duplicates: 0  Warnings: 0  
mysql> select * from auto_test1; 
+----+ 
| id | 
+----+ 
|  1 | 
|  2 | 
|  3 | 
|  4 | 
|  5 | 
|  6 | 
+----+ 
6 rows in set (0.00 sec)  
mysql> show create table auto_test1; 
+------------+----------------------------------------+ 
| Table      | Create Table                           | 
+------------+----------------------------------------+ 
| auto_test1 | 
CREATE TABLE `auto_test1` (   
`id` int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,   
PRIMARY KEY (`id`) 
) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=7 DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 | 
+------------+----------------------------------------+ 
1 row in set (0.00 sec)  
mysql> rollback; 
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.05 sec)  
mysql> select * from auto_test1; 
+----+ 
| id | 
+----+ 
|  1 | 
|  2 | 
|  3 | 
+----+ 
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)  
mysql> show create table auto_test1; 
+------------+----------------------------------------+ 
| Table      | Create Table                           | 
+------------+----------------------------------------+ 
| auto_test1 | CREATE TABLE `auto_test1` (   
`id` int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,   
PRIMARY KEY (`id`) 
) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=7 DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 | 
+------------+----------------------------------------+  
mysql> insert into auto_test1 values (0),(0),(0); 
Query OK, 3 rows affected (0.01 sec) 
Records: 3  Duplicates: 0  Warnings: 0  
mysql> select * from auto_test1; 
+----+ 
| id | 
+----+ 
|  1 | 
|  2 | 
|  3 | 
|  7 | 
|  8 | 
|  9 | 
+----+ 
6 rows in set (0.00 sec)  
mysql> show create table auto_test1; 
+------------+-----------------------------------------+ 
| Table      | Create Table                            | 
+------------+-----------------------------------------+ 
| auto_test1 | CREATE TABLE `auto_test1` (   
`id` int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,   
PRIMARY KEY (`id`) 
) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=10 DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 | 
+------------+-----------------------------------------+
  • After data is inserted, the value of AUTO_INCREMENT changes. But when the corresponding data row is deleted, the value of AUTO_INCREMENT does not decrease. When data is inserted again, the value of the auto-increment field jumps. 
    mysql> show create table auto_test1; 
+------------+----------------------------------------+ 
| Table      | Create Table                           | 
+------------+----------------------------------------+ 
| auto_test1 | CREATE TABLE `auto_test1` (   
`id` int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,   
PRIMARY KEY (`id`) 
) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=4 DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 | 
+------------+----------------------------------------+ 
1 row in set (0.00 sec)  
mysql> select * from auto_test1; 
+----+ 
| id | 
+----+ 
|  1 | 
|  2 | 
|  3 | 
+----+ 
mysql> insert into auto_test1 values (0),(0),(0); 
Query OK, 3 rows affected (0.00 sec) 
Records: 3  Duplicates: 0  Warnings: 0  
mysql> select * from auto_test1; 
+----+ 
| id | 
+----+ 
|  1 | 
|  2 | 
|  3 | 
|  4 | 
|  5 | 
|  6 | 
+----+ 
6 rows in set (0.00 sec)  
mysql> show create table auto_test1; 
+------------+----------------------------------------+ 
| Table      | Create Table                           | 
+------------+----------------------------------------+ 
| auto_test1 | CREATE TABLE `auto_test1` (   
`id` int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,   
PRIMARY KEY (`id`) 
) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=7 DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 | 
+------------+----------------------------------------+ 
1 row in set (0.00 sec)  
mysql> delete from auto_test1 where id>3;  
mysql> select * from auto_test1; 
+----+ 
| id | 
+----+ 
|  1 | 
|  2 | 
|  3 | 
+----+ 
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)  
mysql> show create table auto_test1; 
+------------+----------------------------------------+ 
| Table      | Create Table                           | 
+------------+----------------------------------------+ 
| auto_test1 | CREATE TABLE `auto_test1` (   
`id` int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,   
PRIMARY KEY (`id`) 
) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=7 DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 | 
+------------+----------------------------------------+  
mysql> insert into auto_test1 values (0),(0),(0); 
Query OK, 3 rows affected (0.01 sec) 
Records: 3  Duplicates: 0  Warnings: 0  
mysql> select * from auto_test1; 
+----+ 
| id | 
+----+ 
|  1 | 
|  2 | 
|  3 | 
|  7 | 
|  8 | 
|  9 | 
+----+ 
6 rows in set (0.00 sec)  
mysql> show create table auto_test1; 
+------------+-----------------------------------------+ 
| Table      | Create Table                            | 
+------------+-----------------------------------------+ 
| auto_test1 | CREATE TABLE `auto_test1` (   
`id` int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,   
PRIMARY KEY (`id`) 
) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=10 DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 | 
+------------+-----------------------------------------+
  • If data insertion fails due to some reasons (for example, unique key conflict), the value of AUTO_INCREMENT may jump. 
    mysql> create table auto_test7(`id` int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, cred_id int UNIQUE, PRIMARY KEY (`id`));
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.64 sec) 
mysql> insert into auto_test7 values(null, 1);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.03 sec) 
mysql> show create table auto_test7;
+------------+-------------------------------+
| Table      | Create Table                  |
+------------+-------------------------------+
| auto_test7 | CREATE TABLE `auto_test7` (  `id` int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,  `cred_id` int DEFAULT NULL,  PRIMARY KEY (`id`),  UNIQUE KEY `cred_id` (`cred_id`)) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=2 DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 |
+------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec) 
mysql> insert into auto_test7 values(null, 1);
ERROR 1062 (23000): Duplicate entry '1' for key 'auto_test7.cred_id'
mysql> show create table auto_test7;
+------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| Table      | Create Table                                                 |
+------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| auto_test7 | CREATE TABLE `auto_test7` (  `id` int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,  `cred_id` int DEFAULT NULL,  PRIMARY KEY (`id`),  UNIQUE KEY `cred_id` (`cred_id`)) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=3 DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 |
+------------+---------------------------------------------------------------+
  • When data is inserted in batches (such as insert...select and load file), the auto-increment key is requested in batches. Two to the power of n sequence numbers are requested in each batch. If the sequence numbers are not used up, the sequence numbers will not be returned. As a result, the value of AUTO_INCREMENT may jump. 
    mysql> create table auto_test5_tmp(id tinyint not null AUTO_INCREMENT, name varchar(8), PRIMARY KEY (`id`));
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.08 sec) 
mysql> select * from auto_test5;
+----+------+
| id | name |
+----+------+
|  1 | A    |
|  2 | B    |
|  3 | C    |
|  4 | X    |
|  5 | Y    |
|  6 | Z    |
|  8 | A    |
|  9 | B    |
| 10 | C    |
| 11 | X    |
| 12 | Y    |
| 13 | Z    |
+----+------+
12 rows in set (0.00 sec) 
mysql> insert into auto_test5_tmp select 0,name from auto_test5;
Query OK, 12 rows affected (0.01 sec)
Records: 12  Duplicates: 0  Warnings: 0 
mysql> select * from auto_test5_tmp;
+----+------+
| id | name |
+----+------+
|  1 | A    |
|  2 | B    |
|  3 | C    |
|  4 | X    |
|  5 | Y    |
|  6 | Z    |
|  7 | A    |
|  8 | B    |
|  9 | C    |
| 10 | X    |
| 11 | Y    |
| 12 | Z    |
+----+------+
12 rows in set (0.00 sec) 
mysql> show create table auto_test5_tmp;
+----------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
| Table          | Create Table                                          |
+----------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
| auto_test5_tmp | CREATE TABLE `auto_test5_tmp` (  `id` tinyint NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,  `name` varchar(8) DEFAULT NULL,  PRIMARY KEY (`id`)) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=16 DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 |
+----------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
Parent topic: Other Issues