Set start value for AUTOINCREMENT in SQLite

One way to do it is to insert the first row specifying explicitly the row id you want to start with. SQLite will then insert row ids that are higher than the previous highest.

From the SQLite web site:

SQLite keeps track of the largest ROWID that a table has ever held using the special SQLITE_SEQUENCE table. The SQLITE_SEQUENCE table is created and initialized automatically whenever a normal table that contains an AUTOINCREMENT column is created. The content of the SQLITE_SEQUENCE table can be modified using ordinary UPDATE, INSERT, and DELETE statements. But making modifications to this table will likely perturb the AUTOINCREMENT key generation algorithm. Make sure you know what you are doing before you undertake such changes.

I tried this, and it works:

UPDATE SQLITE_SEQUENCE SET seq = <n> WHERE name = '<table>'

Where n+1 is the next ROWID you want and table is the table name.

I am using the below query which solves the problem when the sqlite_sequence does not have a record for the table (i.e. first record was not added yet to the table), otherwise it updates the sequence.

BEGIN TRANSACTION;

UPDATE sqlite_sequence SET seq = <n> WHERE name = '<table>';

INSERT INTO sqlite_sequence (name,seq) SELECT '<table>', <n> WHERE NOT EXISTS 
           (SELECT changes() AS change FROM sqlite_sequence WHERE change <> 0);
COMMIT;

Explicitly insert the value-1 into the table, then delete the row.

Edit: the next comment down, which discusses editing the SQLITE_SEQUENCE table directly is probably preferable: https://stackoverflow.com/a/692871/10093