On Jul 28, 2004, at 19:04, David Naseby wrote: >> From: Nathaniel Talbott [mailto:nathaniel / talbott.ws] >> >> Here's the code I used for SQL Server: >> >> SELECT @@identity >> >> I forget all the forms of that, and the exact scope it operates in, >> but >> it should at least get you started. > > I believe its recommended to use > > SELECT scope_identity() > > on Sql Server. Ref: > http://weblogs.asp.net/rosherove/archive/2003/11/13/37217.aspx Ah, I should have said, "SQL Server 7"... it didn't have scope_identity(). Which of course means that you can't just have a specific method per DB because you may actually need one per DB version :-/ Nathaniel Terralien, Inc. <:((><