Khi chèn giá trị NULL vào cột AUTO_INCREMENT, MySQL sẽ trả về số dãy.
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mysql> CREATE TABLE employee(id INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY AUTO_INCREMENT, Name VARCHAR(10)); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.16 sec) mysql> INSERT INTO employee(id, Name) VALUES(NULL, 'Gaurav'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.07 sec) mysql> SELECT * FROM employee; +----+---------+ | id | Name | +----+---------+ | 1 | Gaurav | +----+---------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec)