How to reset AUTO_INCREMENT in MySQL

You can reset the counter with: For InnoDB you cannot set the auto_increment value lower or equal to the highest current index. (quote from ViralPatel): Note that you cannot reset the counter to a value less than or equal to any that have already been used. For MyISAM, if the value is less than or equal to the maximum value … Read more

MySQL ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user ‘bill’@’localhost’ (using password: YES)

You probably have an anonymous user ”@’localhost’ or ”@’127.0.0.1′. As per the manual: When multiple matches are possible, the server must determine which of them to use. It resolves this issue as follows: (…) When a client attempts to connect, the server looks through the rows [of table mysql.user] in sorted order. The server uses the first row that matches the … Read more

PHP Connection failed: SQLSTATE[HY000] [2002] Connection refused

I found the reason why the connection was not working, it was because the connection was trying to connect to port 8888, when it needed to connect to port 8889. This fixed the problem, although changing the server name to localhost still gives the error. Connection failed: SQLSTATE[HY000] [2002] No such file or directory But … Read more

How do I import an SQL file using the command line in MySQL?

Try: Check MySQL Options. Note 1: It is better to use the full path of the SQL file file.sql. Note 2: Use -R and –triggers to keep the routines and triggers of original database. They are not copied by default. Note 3 You may have to create the (empty) database from MySQL if it doesn’t exist already and the exported SQL don’t contain CREATE DATABASE (exported … Read more

Oracle error : ORA-00905: Missing keyword

Unless there is a single row in the ASSIGNMENT table and ASSIGNMENT_20081120 is a local PL/SQL variable of type ASSIGNMENT%ROWTYPE, this is not what you want. Assuming you are trying to create a new table and copy the existing data to that new table