Mark,
Monday, November 11, 2002, 11:53:38 AM, you wrote:
>> I wonder if there is an more efficient way to do the following:
>> I have 2 tables -
>>
>> The user submits a new record into table A and an id (primary key) is
>> created using the auto-increment.
>> At the time that the new record is created in table A I need to insert the
>> newly created id from table A into a column in table B. Is there a way to
MS> do
>> this without performing multiple queries to either table?
Take a look at LAST_INSERT_ID():
http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Miscellaneous_functions.html
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