Question

I am using SQL Server 2008 and developing a project which is in maintenance phase.

I want to insert record in a table whose primary key is an Integer but not an identity. e.g. table name is tblFiles and fields are ID, FileName, FileContent.

Actually that table is in use so I don’t want to make any schema change in it. And I want the key after row insertion because I have to put that in another table. Existing values in the Id column are different integer, means not in sequence.

So I want the query that also returns me the Id value. So I want to insert only FileName and FileContent and some sort of sql to whom I can embed in my insert query which insert a unique Id and also send me that id

Answer 1

Well, if it’s not an IDENTITY field – don’t you already have to specify the “ID” in your insert for it to succeed ? If so – you already have the ID! Or what am I missing? Is the ID determined by a trigger or something??

If so, try this query:

INSERT INTO dbo.tblFiles(FileName, FileContent)
OUTPUT inserted.ID
VALUES ('yourfile.name', 'your contents')

This should return the newly inserted ID from the INSERT query.

Marc