mysql> insert into comments set comments = 'foo'; Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec) mysql> select id from comments; +----+ | id | +----+ | 1 | | 2 | | 3 | | 4 | | 5 | | 6 | | 7 | | 8 | | 9 | | 10 | | 11 | | 12 | | 38 | | 39 | | 59 | <--- RECORD CREATED SUCCESSFULLY +----+ 15 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> delete from comments where id = 59; Query OK, 1 row affected (0.01 sec)