Did you take a look at the LAST_INSERT_ID() function I mentioned?
G'luck,
Peter
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On Tue, May 22, 2001 at 01:53:24PM -0300, Siomara Pantarotto wrote:
> In order to retrieve the id you inserted and not someones's id that was
> inserted a bit after yours, I guess you should lock the table before your
> insert statement, do the insert, retrieve the id just inserted, and then
> unlock the table so others can operate with the table again.
>
> This is my guess...
>
> Anybody have another way???
>
> Siomara
>
> >From: Peter Pentchev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: Viktor van den Berg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Subject: Re: How to retrieve record-id after 'insert into'?
> >Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 17:21:44 +0300
> >
> >On Mon, May 21, 2001 at 03:58:10PM +0200, Viktor van den Berg wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi!
> > >
> > > I like to know how to retrieve the record id after an "insert into"
> >query.
> > > I have the table "user" containing two columns: UID (auto_increment) and
> > > USERNAME. After I have added a new user (using "insert into user (uid)
> > > ....etc.) I like to know the UID of the new record.
> > >
> > > I can set the record pointer to the last record, but if anybody else
> >also
> > > inserts a record at the same time, I think this will give a problem.
> > >
> > > Can anybody give me a suggestion?
> >
> >Look at the MySQL manual. Reference >> INSERT, look for mentioning of
> >AUTO_INCREMENT fields, and specifically, for a reference to the
> >LAST_INSERT_ID() function.
> >
> >Simple, isn't it? :) All referenced in the manual, if you take the time
> >to check what the manual has to say about 'INSERT'.. :)
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