Well, that all depends on which db server you are using.
On Wed, 8 Oct 2003 18:32:55 -0400, Chris Payne spoke thusly about
[PHP-DB] Getting last insert id?:
> Hi there everyone,
>
> I use the below to insert some data into my database:
>
>
> mysql_query ("INSERT INTO forummessages (Postedby, email, subject,
> message, ForumID, posted, parentid)
> VALUES ('$Postedby', '$email', '$subject', '$message',
> '$ForumID','$posted','$parentid')
> ");
>
> But once it has done this, I need to get the id it has generated in
> the DB and then update that record with the id it generate, so how
> can I get the id from the above insert?
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated :-)
>
> Regards
>
> Chris
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