[PHPwestoz] getting the last inserted id in mysql

[Timothy White]

Mike Fewings wrote:

> Hi all,
>
>>
>> Unfortunately I don't know any function in MySQL that lets you
>> retrieve the auto-increment ID of a field you just created. You
>> normally have to do another select, which is not hard if you do this:
>> "SELECT ID FROM Artists ORDER BY ID DESC LIMIT 1" This will give you
>> the last created ID, which normally would be the last record you
>> created.
>
>
>
> This function can retreive the last insert id from the database
>
>                select last_insert_id() as feild_id

Nice. Thanks
(I assume it should be field_id?)

Tim

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