From: Dan Nelson
Date: September 19 2002 5:59pm
Subject: Re: Auto Increment ID of Inserted Row
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In the last episode (Sep 19), Steven Kreuzer said:
> >What is the SQL to get the created AutoInc ID from a row that I have
> >just inserted?
>
> SELECT MAX(id_field) FROM table

Nope.  If someone else inserted a record between the time you inserted
yours and the time you run that select, your answer will be wrong. 
Use LAST_INSERT_ID(), or whatever construct your language provides for
retrieving it without doing another query.

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	Dan Nelson
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