You were close to it.
But he way to get the last inserted item on AUTO_INCREMENT field is for
example:
id = mysql_insert_id(&mysql);
printf("The last insert is: %d\n", id);
And mysql is what was return to you when you open your connection to the
database.
Daniel
> Hi,
> I am a newbie in MySQL. I use an auto_increment to insert to one of the
> column. How do I get the value inserted?
>
> The documentation seems to suggest using mysql_insert_id()
> function. But when
> I tried to call it using
> Select mysql_insert_id()
> or
> Select mysql_insert_id() from TABLE_NAME
>
> gives me error. I tried to find something in the doc, but it does
> not really
> help.
>
> Please help.
> Thanks in advance.
> Reuben D. Budiardja
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