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October 14th, 2002, 07:26 PM

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Retrieve next record id ?

OK, I know it's probably been asked many times already, but could someone explain how I retrieve the next record id in a table with an autoincremented field ?

I want to create a new record, and as soon as it's created, inform the author of the id of the record they just created. Normally I'd select the last record created, but that brings with it the problem of distinguishing between records created simultaneously in high traffic sites.

Any thoughts or suggestions ?

Thanks!

October 14th, 2002, 07:47 PM

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Kiwi,

You want to use the "mysql_insert_id()" function to retrieve the last ID.

ex:

PHP Code:


		
			
 mysql_query("INSERT INTO myTable (name) values ('frank')");



echo "Last record ID: " . mysql_insert_id();

HTH.

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October 14th, 2002, 11:41 PM

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Thanks a mill!

Gee, quick and easy when you know how!

Thanks for that Frankie, much appreciated.

Will.

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