At 8:17 -0700 5/10/02, Lalit Nagpal wrote: >through a servlet i insert my form data into my table >(primary key is auto-incremented) and then i throw >another query which is >select last_insert_id() from mytable limit 1 >through my <statement>.executeQuery method. when i ask >for the data through ><myresultset>.getString(1) i get null >NullPointerException >why ... any ideas ... i welcome your suggestions >friends. > ># Lalit Nagpal #
I don't know why you're getting a null pointer exception, but your second query should be just: SELECT LAST_INSERT_ID() And maybe you want to invoke getInt() instead of getString()? --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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