Roland Corbet wrote:
>
> I'm Using DBI::ODBC with MS Access 200.
>
> Can anyone tell me what is the best way of getting hold of the Autonumber
> that has just been entered into the database with the previously executed
> SQL statement.
>
> Perhaps a "select Max from Tablename"? The site is only going to have
> low-usage, so I would think this might be acceptable, as it's very unlikely
> that someone could have entered another entry between the insert and select
> max statements.
>
> I was just wondering if there was a 'watertight' method that I could adopt
> instead of "select max"?
>
I do know there is a way, but unfortunately I can't remember how. It is
something like
insert ...;
select @@autonumber
The above is only a guess. I am pretty sure it requires two statements
(in the same call) and it uses a special variable/parameter.
And, of course, it only works with MS Access.
