Question

Considering the following TSQL:

INSERT INTO Address(Street1, City, State, ZipCode)
SELECT Street1, City, StateCode, ZipCode
    FROM Contact

The Address has an identity column that is automatically set. Is there a way to get a list of the identities of Address records newly inserted?

I know there is @@IDENTITY, but that just returns the last identity.

Answer 1

Assuming the identity column is called AddressID, you can:

INSERT INTO dbo.Address(Street1, ...)
OUTPUT inserted.AddressID
SELECT Street1, ...
  FROM dbo.Contact;

Or:

DECLARE @NewAddresses TABLE(AddressID INT);

INSERT INTO dbo.Address(Street1, ...)
OUTPUT inserted.AddressID INTO @NewAddresses
SELECT Street1, ...
  FROM dbo.Contact;

Keep in mind @@IDENTITY should almost never be used. Even when dealing with single-row inserts, SCOPE_IDENTITY() is much safer. See this answer for more background.