When I insert a new record into a database table, I need to take an existing previous value of a column called el_order, add +1, and use that new el_order+1 to insert the new record with that value in the column.
I can't use autoincrement because I need to do some things with that column (reorder, move, etc) and have to use it as an integer.
My english isn't good, so I will explain like this:
Table
ID name el_order
1 1 1
21 bla 2
2 2 3
--NEW-- --NEW-- 3+1 (NEW)
I add a new record, and need to insert it with 3+1 in it's el_order column...
I have tried this, but no luck:
$this->db->select_max('el_order');
$res = $this->db->get('elem_diccio');
$eldi_key = url_title($this->input->post('id'), 'underscore', TRUE);
$el_order = $res+1;
$datos = array(
'ID' => $id,
'el_order' => $el_order,
'name' => $this->input->post('name'),
);
$this->db->insert('elem_diccio', $datos);
Thanks.