Re: mysql: get id of just-added record
- From: Alex Hall <mehgcap@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 21:14:32 -0400
Well, that certainly sounds easier! Thanks, I never knew this one existed.
On 5/11/11, Jeff Berwick <mailinglists@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> You can use the mysql_insert_id() function. If you are using the newer
> mysqli libraries, I believe the function is mysqli_insert_id().
>
> That will return the id of the last inserted record.
>
> Hth,
> Jeff
>
> On 2011-05-11, at 7:44 PM, Alex Hall wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>> I have a mysql question. My php script is adding an article to a
>> database. However, it must also add one or more rows to an
>> article_products table, which consists of just two fields, an article
>> id and a product id, which form a composite primary key. The problem
>> is that the article_products table can't be updated until the script
>> knows the id of the article being added, so I need two separate
>> queries to create everything: create the article, then create all rows
>> necessary in the article_products table. My question, therefore, is:
>> what is the best way to get the id of the article just created? The id
>> is an auto_increment integer. I have so far thought about pulling the
>> first record when records are sorted in descending order by id, but it
>> seems like there might be a better way. If not, what would the syntax
>> be? I plan on using something like:
>> select article_id from articles sort by article_id desc limit 1;
>> Is there a better way? Thanks in advance.
>>
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