Just as a "dot all the i's and cross all the t's" follow-up to plaid's and Ovid's posts...

If you are still in the stone ages (like me) and have a version of mysql older than 3.22.2? (23, I think), you must use $sth->{insertid}. Newer versions warn us that this is deprecated. Newer versions should use $sth->{mysql_insertid}.

Not trying to muddy the waters, but hoping to prevent confusion for people too lazy to upgrade (like me). :-)

Russ