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And, next time, try using <b>TRUNCATE TABLE yourtablename</b> if you can.<br />
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<b>TRUNCATE</b> not only removes all the rows but it also does it faster and it resets the Identity column's seed so that it starts at 1.
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And, next time, try using TRUNCATE TABLE yourtablename if you can.

TRUNCATE not only removes all the rows but it also does it faster and it resets the Identity column's seed so that it starts at 1.

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i deleted all the rows of my table<br />
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but the 'id' auto increment column is still at the same number<br />
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I want it to start at 1 again
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i deleted all the rows of my table

but the 'id' auto increment column is still at the same number

I want it to start at 1 again

set index to 1

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