{"id":9223,"date":"2024-03-14T09:17:38","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T09:17:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-set-auto-increment-in-mysql-fields\/"},"modified":"2024-03-20T14:59:25","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T14:59:25","slug":"how-to-set-auto-increment-in-mysql-fields","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-set-auto-increment-in-mysql-fields\/","title":{"rendered":"How to set auto-increment in MySQL fields?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To set a MySQL field to auto increment, you need to use the AUTO_INCREMENT keyword in the field definition when creating the table. 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