Question

I am running a cross server insert

INSERT INTO server.database.dbo.table (Field) VALUES('test')

Afterward, I need to get the id of the last insert. However, when I run the the scope_identity function, I don’t get the latest id from the foreign server.

SELECT @ID=SCOPE_IDENTITY()

How would I retrieve the last id from a cross server insert?

Answer 1

From http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms187342.aspx

The scope of the @@IDENTITY function
is current session on the local server
on which it is executed. This function
cannot be applied to remote or linked
servers. To obtain an identity value
on a different server, execute a
stored procedure on that remote or
linked server and have that stored
procedure (which is executing in the
context of the remote or linked
server) gather the identity value and
return it to the calling connection on
the local server.