And then you hope that between 'insert' and 'select' nobody else inserted another record?
laszlo Johnny Withers wrote: > INSERT into the table > then SELECT last_insert_id() > > or when using php > > query(INSERT QUERY) > $last_id=mysql_insert_id() > > OR > > INSERT > SELECT MAX(id) FROM tablename > > assuming id is the auto incremnt field. > > --------------------- > Johnny Withers > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > p. 601.853.0211 > c. 601.209.4985 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joel Wickard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 7:04 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: next insert id > > database,sql,query,table > > I need to find out what the next value will be in an auto_increment > field > will be. could someone help me out with the select statement? > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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