Question

I have a simple question.

I’m putting info into a MySQL with PHP and I have an auto_increment field that I’m leaving alone.

How do I get the value of the auto_increment field in the row I just entered?

Answer 1

SELECT MAX(that_field) AS last_auto_increment_value FROM that_table;

OR

SELECT auto_increment -1 AS last_auto_increment_value
FROM information_schema.tables 
WHERE table_name='that_table'
AND table_schema = 'that_database';

OR

mysql_insert_id() //in PHP