In Tango for FileMaker version 1.61 an Insert action would return the record ID, which you could retrieve with <@actionResult>. In this millenium you have to use other techniques. Scott and JJ's suggestion works in SQL Server and I believe Sybase. In other databases you can search for the record inserted to get the primary key. In a multi-user environment you may want to insert a random number or userReference into the record to ensure that you get the right one in case two people insert records at exactly the same time.
Dave. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of JJ Smith > Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 9:33 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list witango-talk > Subject: Re: Witango-Talk: Identity after Insert > > > Hi Brad/Scott, > > I think Scott and I were making the same suggestion. > This will work fine for sql-server and like Scott I > can't speak for all databases. However I had to do the > same thing before for Oracle and the solution is > slightly different. Immediately after the insert do a > DBMS with the following: > > select <@literal tablename_Sequence.CURRVAL> from > tablename; > > then like before in the results: > > <@assign "local$newidentityId" > "@@local$resultSet[1,1]"> > > > This is a bit specific but may be of use to someone in > the future who needs to do the same thing with an > Oracle database. > > JJ > > --- Scott Cadillac > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Brad, > > > > Nice suggestion, but of course it could get weird > > for this databases that > > don't support this kind of functionality, being that > > is usually SQL > > specific. > > > > Of course I can't speak for other Databases as I > > mostly only use MS > > SQL-Server. So in the meantime, if you use > > SQL-Server, you could just use > > another Direct_DBMS Action directly after your > > Insert Action instead of a > > stored procedure. And just type the following: > > > > SELECT <@literal value=@><@literal value=@>IDENTITY > > AS 'Identity' > > > > Then use, > > > > <@VAR local$resultSet[1,Identity]> to get the new > > identity. > > > > Hope this helps a little. Cheers... > > > > Scott Cadillac > > http://xml-extra.net > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Brad Robertson" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Multiple recipients of list witango-talk" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 5:37 PM > > Subject: Witango-Talk: Identity after Insert > > > > > > I am currently using a Direct DBMS action in wTango > > that calls a stored > > procedure to insert a record and then return the new > > identity of that field, > > it seems that works better than a insert then search > > action to get the > > identity field. I was wondering if 5.0 or later > > will have the ability to > > grab this field on insert, or if anybody has a less > > tedious way of doing > > this... > > > > Brad > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with unsubscribe witango-talk in the > > message body > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness > http://health.yahoo.com > ________________________________________________________________________ > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body
