Re: Last Insert ID in MS Access

You may be able to run

SELECT @@IDENTITY FROM MyTable;
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and pass that through to the underlying table. I found it by googling for MS Access and last insert id. One would think the DBD::ODBC documentation should help too, but I found it a bit opaque on this topic. In many advanced SQL dialects you can also say something like

INSERT INTO MyTable (x,y) VALUES (1,2) RETURNING rowid;
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Then retrieve the rowid by fetching from the statement handle, if the DBI driver permits this.

HTH,
SSF

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Re^2: Last Insert ID in MS Access by james2vegas (Chaplain) on Jul 17, 2010 at 07:29 UTC
This article suggests that the correct syntax is `SELECT @@IDENTITY`, and that you should open a second connection to get it. This is presumably problematic with multiple users, so it is as effective (and unreliable) as `MAX(ID)` would be. I think you could probably lock the table for update and unlock the table after getting the last id.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: Last Insert ID in MS Access by mje (Curate) on Jul 19, 2010 at 08:28 UTC
I think you'll find it doesn't work if run in a "second connection". I think you just need to ensure it is run as a new statement in the same connection after any outstanding commit.	[reply]