Let us learn more about the auto increment with prefix feature in PHPMyAdmin. With the support of our Server management support services at Bobcares we will learn more about auto increment and how to set it up.

What is the Auto Increment with prefix feature in PHPMyAdmin?

Auto increment with prefix functionality allows us to automatically give a prefix to auto-incremented values in a database table.

This might be useful when we wish to distinguish between distinct groups of data or verify that values in a table are unique.

How to setup auto increment with prefix feature in PHPMyAdmin?

Here’s a step by step instruction for setting up auto increment:

1. Firstly, open PHPMyAdmin and navigate to the database we wish to configure.
2. To see the structure of the database tables, go to the Structure tab.
3. After that, choose the table for which we want auto increment with prefix to be enabled.
4. Select the Operations tab.
5. After that, in the Table Options section, in the Table name prefix box, enter the prefix we wish to use.
6. Locate the Auto Increment box in the Options section and input the initial value for the auto-incremented values.
7. Finally, to save the changes, click the Go button.

That’s all! In PHPMyAdmin, we have now enabled auto increment with prefix. When we insert a new row into the table, the auto-incremented value is prefixed with the prefix that we selected.

If we specify “ABC” as the prefix and “1” as the beginning value, the first auto-incremented value will be “ABC1”, the second “ABC2”, and so on.

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Conclusion

To  sum up, our Support Techs demonstrated how to setup phpMyAdmin auto increment with prefix feature in phpMyAdmin.