A stored procedure could return the new id to you but I haven't found them to be the most efficient means to do simple inserts. Other than stored procedures you have a couple of options (or more, I'm sure) - the "old access method" using <cftransaction> around the insert and subsequent select max(id), or using a select sequence.nextval from dual. If you use the latter there is no reason to use a <cftransaction>. Dan -----Original Message----- From: Deanna L. Schneider [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 15, 2000 1:45 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: oracle trigger to return newid Hi folks, I'm sure this has been answered, but I couldn't find it in the archives. Has someone written a sample piece of code to demonstrate the most effecient way to return a newly created primary key whilst doing inserts? In other words, I insert a record in the author table...I need to now insert that new primary key (being created by a trigger) into another table, but only some of the time, so I can't incorporate it into the trigger. Is this a time to use the old access method, or should I be using a stored procedure, or what. Suggestions? -Deanna ************************************************************ Deanna Schneider Interactive Media Developer UWEX Cooperative Extension Electronic Publishing Group 103 Extension Bldg 432 N. Lake Street Madison, WI 53706 (608) 265-7923 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ To Unsubscribe visit http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk or send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe' in the body. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ To Unsubscribe visit http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk or send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe' in the body.
