At 2:27 PM -0600 12/3/99, Brian Dietrich wrote:
>the autoincrement stays unique across clients--correct?
Correct.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Paul DuBois [mailto:paul@stripped]
>Sent: Friday, December 03, 1999 6:46 AM
>To: Brian Dietrich; win32@stripped
>Subject: Re: last_insert_id()
>
>
>At 1:00 AM -0600 12/3/99, Brian Dietrich wrote:
>>Hello. I was hoping someone could answer my question regarding the
>>last_insert_id in MySql. I am using autoincrement and I insert a row in
>one
>>statement. The next statement is a select using last_insert_id to obtain
>>the autoincrement id. I think this is a bad idea in a high-volume
>>transactional system--or does MySql control this through the connection
>>thread. That is, I am worried about pulling back someone elses id in my
>>last_insert_id select--someone who did an insert between the time I issued
>>my insert and my select on last id. Do I need to worry about this? I
>>looked at locking, but that does not appear to be a pretty option. Any
>>help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
>The last insert id is maintained on a per-client basis. You cannot
>get someone else's id.
>
>--
>Paul DuBois, paul@stripped
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