At 11:23 AM -0700 8/25/99, Jon Frisby wrote:
>All,
>
>I need to know the semantics of LAST_INSERT_ID()... Does it return the last
>ID inserted on this connection, or the last ID inserted period.
On the connection, as the manual says.
>
>Specifically, if I do an insert, and then SELECT LAST_INSERT_ID() to get the
>ID generated by the insert, does this create a potential race hazard? Is it
>safer to use $sth->{insertid} instead? (I'm guessing that would be faster?)
No race condition.
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Paul DuBois, paul@stripped
