#/usr/local/bin/perl
#  identity.pl   - MS Sql Server IDENTITY test script
#  Inserts a record, then grabs the IDENTITY value from that insert and displays it
use Win32::ODBC;

#  you will format your own Connect string for the database call
use dbconnect;
$CONNECT = GetConnectString();

my $db="";
if (!($db = new Win32::ODBC($CONNECT)))
{
   $ThisSub = (caller(0))[3];
   $ErrMsg = "$ThisSub: Error connecting to $CONNECT" . "Error: " . $db->Error() . "\n";
   print $ErrMsg;
}

my $Sql = "insert into foobs ( FooTitle, FooDesc) values ( \'New Foo\', \'yet another new foo\' )";
if ( $db->sql($Sql) )
{
  print "error on insert\n";   # do something more elegent here
}
else
{
  my $Sql = qq/ select \@\@IDENTITY as \'foo\' /;
  if ( $db->sql($Sql) )
  {
    print "error on select\n";   # do something more elegent here
  }
  else
  {
      $db->fetchrow();
      %Data = $db->DataHash();
      $foo = $Data{"foo"};
      print "Indenty for insert is $foo";
  }
}
exit;