Question

How can I get back the autogenerated ID for a new record I just inserted? (Using ASP classic and MSSQL 2005)

Answer 1

Thanks all who suggested SELECT SCOPE_IDENTITY(). I was able to create a stored procedure:

USE [dbname] GO  SET ANSI_NULLS ON GO SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON GO CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[spInsert] (    @Nn varchar(30) ) AS BEGIN TRANSACTION InsertRecord     INSERT INTO A (Nn)     VALUES (@Nn)     SELECT NewID = SCOPE_IDENTITY()   -- returns the new record ID of this transaction    COMMIT TRANSACTION InsertRecord 

and call the sproc using VB:

Dim strNn '<- var to be passed' Set cn = Server.CreateObject('ADODB.Connection')  connectString = 'DSN'  cn.Open connectString, 'user', 'PW0rd'  Set rs = Server.CreateObject('ADODB.Recordset')  set rs = cn.Execute('EXEC [dbname].[dbo].[A] @Nn=' & strNn) 'return the value' resultID = rs(0) 

I can now use resultID anytime I refer to the newly created ID.