On Fri, July 20, 2007 1:10 pm, Marcelo Wolfgang wrote: > I'm a newbie in PHP, and I want to know what's the best technique you > guys use when you need to get the id of the last inserted value in the > database. > > My first thought is to do a SELECT on the db and get the last id, but > I > know that if I have two almost simultaneous connections I may get the > wrong one, so that's the why of my question. Every DB has a function to handle this. Use the one appropriate to your DB. In MySQL, it's: http://php.net/mysql_insert_id You're on your own to rtfm and find the others, but never ever try to roll your own! -- Some people have a "gift" link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some indie artist. http://cdbaby.com/browse/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php