It's only 100% reliable if you use a serializable transaction, as far as I remember. This is certainly the case with Oracle.
There is an extensive thread on this in the archives somewhere. On 1/9/06, Baz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is this the best way to do this: > > <cftransaction> > <cfquery name="InsertAddress" datasource="#DSN#"> > INSERT INTO Address (City) > VALUES (<cfqueryparam value="#City#" cfsqltype="cf_sql_integer" />) > </cfquery> > > <cfquery name="getInsertedID" datasource="#DSN#"> > SELECT MAX(AddressID) as MaxID > FROM Address > </cfquery> > </cftransaction> > > I'm using MySQL. -- CFAJAX docs and other useful articles: http://jr-holmes.coldfusionjournal.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:228786 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