> It absolutely isn't your only option. And if you do the below you need to > use cftransaction.
I didn’t say it was the only option known to man, I said it was ABOUT the only option for autonumbers. (I try to avoid autonumbers like the plague in a relational data structure) And why would you need cftransaction for that? It’s a simple select. You think it should have cftransaction because it follows an insert? -----Original Message----- From: Calvin Ward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 10:09 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: EASY: grabbing the id of a newly created item.. It absolutely isn't your only option. And if you do the below you need to use cftransaction. The best option, in my opinion, is to generate a UUID/GUID and use that instead of a database generated ID. That will work with every single database platform out there and will always be the correct ID. - Calvin -----Original Message----- From: Ewok [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 10:01 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: EASY: grabbing the id of a newly created item.. Wow, too much for so little, Just use Richard's method RUN YOUR INSERT QUERY Then directly after the insert get the records ID... <cfquery name="mid" datasource=""> SELECT MAX(TheID) as LatestID FROM TABLENAME </cfquery> The newest records ID from that table will now be in #mid.LatestID# Since you said "grab the id ( autonum, primary key)"... autonumber being an Access data type means the above is about your only option. Does @@identity even work in access? (or does anything else useful work in access for that matter) There's also no need to cflock the query from above that I can think of with an access data source. For the most part, access locks itself when it needs to. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.3 - Release Date: 1/31/2005 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:192566 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
