for MS SQL and Oracle does anyone know a more reliable way to do this than select max(ID) immediately after the insert? It seems silly that I'd have to take my chances that another has been inserted in between.
<>< Ryan -----Original Message----- From: J.Veenhuijsen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 1:52 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP-DB] Re: NewB: Return New Record ID... Try $last=mysql_insert_id(); Jochem Doug Coning wrote: > Hi all, > > How do I do this: > > I need a PHP page that simply creates a "blank" record so that I have the > record's ID (which is automatically generated). That same page then needs > to return the record ID back so that I know what the ID is. I will later > allow that record's information to be populated based on the ID it first > returned. > > How would I do this? > > Thank you, thank you! > > Doug Coning > > > -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
