At 6:45 PM -0500 9/30/01, Reuben D Budiardja wrote: >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
mysql_insert_id() is the C API function for obtaining that value. Use LAST_INSERT_ID() instead: SELECT LAST_INSERT_ID() You don't want "SELECT LAST_INSERT_ID() from TABLE_NAME", probably. That will give you the insert-id value once for each row in TABLE_NAME. > >gives me error. I tried to find something in the doc, but it does not really >help. http://www.mysql.com/doc/M/i/Miscellaneous_functions.html > >Please help. >Thanks in advance. >Reuben D. Budiardja -- Paul DuBois, [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
