I know that in MS-SQL, you can reseed an identity column by doing this:<BR><pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">DBCC CHECKIDENT ( 'table_name', RESEED, new_reseed_value ...

What you want to do is add a column that can be used ... I'm not 100% sure timestamp will be the column type you want; you should check out mysql's docs and choose one that fits your needs.