heh, my ($id) = $dbh->selectrow_array("SELECT MAX(id) FROM tbl;");
xris wrote:
>
> > Woops sorry about that last message.
> > Try using the following:
> > my $id = $sth->{insertid};
> > That is what I had to change it to, to get it working.. despite what the
> > documentation says.
>
> Actually, I can't use that. The script dies, it's not like it just warns me
> that it doesn't work, but it actually stops executing when it reaches that
> statement.
>
> I just do something like:
>
> $id = $sh->{mysql_insertid};
> $sh->finish;
> if ($id < 1) {
> $sh = $dbh->prepare('SELECT MAX(id) FROM myTable');
> ...
> ($id) = $sh->fetchrow;
> ...
> }
>
> It just seems a little silly to have to do this.
>
> -Chris
>
> > GL.
> >
> > ryan
> >
> >>> My ISP recently updated one of their servers to 3.23.38, and all of a
> >> sudden
> >>> a BUNCH of my code stopped working. I use a number of insert queries
> >> (new
> >>> items, new search caches, etc), where I insert a blank record, and then
> >> take
> >>> notes of its id (usually "int unsigned auto_increment primary key"), to
> > be
> >>> used in a subsequent UPDATE statement (or INSERT, to a related table).
> >>>
> >
> >
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