Question

I have PK that is self incrementing key. I need to insert the record into the database and then get that PK back and use it in another insert.

However I would like to do this in one transaction. Is that possible. The idea is that if something fails in any of the updates/inserts I have to do then I can rollback everything but I am under the impression that I need to do a commit.

I was going to do it in ado.net at first but then switched to a stored procedure since I thought maybe that would get around this issue.

Will a SP help me out in this case?

Answer 1

Yes, scope_identity will give you the latest inserted id. As an alternative, if you’re using sql server 2005+ you can use the output clause.

INSERT INTO [MyTable]([MyCol])
OUTPUT INSERTED.ID
SELECT [MyCol] FROM [MySourceTable];