Re: Beginner question - getting last inserted ID

2001-11-09 Thread Carl Troein
Anna Åhnberg writes: When I do an insert in one of these tables the primary key column gets a new ID. How do I get this ID? I guess I cannot use SELECT MAX(id) FROM Table since old, deleted id's are reused for new rows. Please, help me! I shall help you help yourself, for from that

Re: Beginner question - getting last inserted ID

2001-11-09 Thread Kodrik
The manual has all the necessary information: http://www.mysql.com/doc/C/R/CREATE_TABLE.html http://www.mysql.com/doc/e/x/example-AUTO_INCREMENT.html The unofficial FAQ has a chapter on AUTO_INCREMENT: http://www.bitbybit.dk/mysqlfaq/faq.html#ch6_0_0 What you're looking for is probably

Re: Beginner question - getting last inserted ID

2001-11-09 Thread Carl Troein
Anna Åhnberg writes: Thanks, I actually already found the chapters but now I also now how to use the function too! Let me quote from the manual: LAST_INSERT_ID([expr]) Returns the last automatically generated value that was inserted into an AUTO_INCREMENT column. mysql select

RE: Beginner question - getting last inserted ID

2001-11-09 Thread Johnson, Gregert
:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 10:41 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: Beginner question - getting last inserted ID Anna Åhnberg writes: Thanks, I actually already found the chapters

Re: Beginner question - getting last inserted ID

2001-11-09 Thread alec . cawley
Anna Åhnberg writes: Thanks, I actually already found the chapters but now I also now how to use the function too! Let me quote from the manual: LAST_INSERT_ID([expr]) Returns the last automatically generated value that was inserted into an AUTO_INCREMENT column. mysql

Re: Beginner question - getting last inserted ID

2001-11-09 Thread William R. Mussatto
On Fri, 9 Nov 2001, Carl Troein wrote: Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2001 15:41:21 GMT From: Carl Troein [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Beginner question - getting last inserted ID Anna Åhnberg writes: Thanks, I actually already found the chapters but now I also now how