On Wednesday 18 December 2002 14:21, Jeff Snoxell wrote:
> I'm adding records to a db using the Perl DBI. Subsequent to adding a
> record I need to know the value of the auto-incrementing 'Ref' field so
> that I can place a copy of the relavent details into a log file.
>
> I could query for the "LAST_INSERT_ID" but what if another process has
> added another record in the interim?
> Is this a job for table locking?
You get value that was inserted from your client. read more about this
function at:
http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Miscellaneous_functions.html
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