It depends on the type of database you are using. You could use last insert id if you are using mysql mysql_insert_id() http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mysql-insert-id.php Since you did not say what kind of database server you are using, it is hard to give you a good answer. > -----Original Message----- > From: timbo@komrades.dyndns.org [mailto:timbo@komrades.dyndns.org] > Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2003 4:59 PM > To: php-db@lists.php.net > Subject: Getting the value of an auto-increment > > > Hello, > > I'm using an auto-increment field in a table as the primary key. What I > want to know is when I use an INSERT query to add a row to the table is > there a way I can get the value of the auto-increment field of the row > that was just inserted? > > What I'm currently doing is messy but works: > I get the current time and session id and write them to one of the fields > in the row and INSERT that. I then do a query and find the row (thus > getting the value of the auto-increment field) and then write the real > data. > > I'm just hoping there's an easier way. > > Thanks in advance, > > Tim Coombes > Komrades Ink. > > -- > 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
