> > > also why aren't you declare lastid and making your statement
> > >
> > > SELECT @lastid = @@identity
> >
> > If he did that, he wouldn't get lastid back as a query column.
>
> I usually use
>
> SET NOCOUNT ON
> INSERT INTO people (password, username)
> VALUES ('something', 'testuser123456')
> SELECT @@identity AS lastID
>
> works in SQL 2000 for me...
Uh, yes, that's analogous to using
SELECT lastid = @@IDENTITY
The issue was that Tony had suggested storing the identity value in an SQL
variable, rather than returning it as a query column.
Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software
http://www.figleaf.com/
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