On Monday 13 January 2003 13:50, Richard Brenner wrote: > I use an application where users can post messages. The messages are stored > in two tables that are related by the id of the new created message. I get > the last id with the following query: "select max(id) as maxid from > tasker_app" > The forum has many users and sometimes it happens that there are multiple > inserts before I can receive the last id. > Is it possible to stop inserts until I have finished both inserts?
1. You can lock table with LOCK TABLES statement: http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/LOCK_TABLES.html 2. You can use auto_increment column and LAST_INSERT_ID() function to retrieve last inserted value from the thread: http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/example-AUTO_INCREMENT.html -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ensita This email is sponsored by Ensita.net http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Egor Egorov / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.net <___/ www.mysql.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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