Question

I am inserting records through a query similar to this one:

insert into tbl_xyz select field1 from tbl_abc 

Now I would like to retreive the newly generated IDENTITY Values of the inserted records. How do I do this with minimum amount of locking and maximum reliability?

Answer 1

You can get this information using the OUTPUT clause.

You can output your information to a temp target table or view.

Here’s an example:

DECLARE @InsertedIDs TABLE (ID bigint) INSERT into DestTable (col1, col2, col3, col4) OUTPUT INSERTED.ID INTO @InsertedIDs SELECT col1, col2, col3, col4 FROM SourceTable 

You can then query the table InsertedIDs for your inserted IDs.