mysql> select u, u-1 from t; +-------+-------+ | u | u-1 | +-------+-------+ | 8946 | 8945 | | 29972 | 29971 | | 46971 | 46970 | | 47224 | 47223 | | 54812 | 54811 | | 71681 | 71680 | +-------+-------+