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24.2.3.34. mysql_insert_id()

my_ulonglong mysql_insert_id(MYSQL *mysql)

Description

Returns the value generated for an AUTO_INCREMENT column by the previous INSERT or UPDATE statement. Use this function after you have performed an INSERT statement into a table that contains an AUTO_INCREMENT field.

More precisely, mysql_insert_id() is updated under these conditions:

  • INSERT statements that store a value into an AUTO_INCREMENT column. This is true whether the value is automatically generated by storing the special values NULL or 0 into the column, or is an explicit non-special value.

  • In the case of a multiple-row INSERT statement, mysql_insert_id() returns the first automatically generated AUTO_INCREMENT value; if no such value is generated, it returns the last last explicit value inserted into the AUTO_INCREMENT column.

  • INSERT statements that generate an AUTO_INCREMENT value by inserting LAST_INSERT_ID(expr) into any column.

  • INSERT statements that generate an AUTO_INCREMENT value by updating any column to LAST_INSERT_ID(expr).

  • The value of mysql_insert_id() is not affected by statements such as SELECT that return a result set.

  • If the previous statement returned an error, the value of mysql_insert_id() is undefined.

Note that mysql_insert_id() returns 0 if the previous statement does not use an AUTO_INCREMENT value. If you need to save the value for later, be sure to call mysql_insert_id() immediately after the statement that generates the value.

The value of mysql_insert_id() is affected only by statements issued within the current client connection. It is not affected by statements issued by other clients.

See Sección 12.9.3, “Funciones de información”.

Also note that the value of the SQL LAST_INSERT_ID() function always contains the most recently generated AUTO_INCREMENT value, and is not reset between statements because the value of that function is maintained in the server. Another difference is that LAST_INSERT_ID() is not updated if you set an AUTO_INCREMENT column to a specific non-special value.

The reason for the difference between LAST_INSERT_ID() and mysql_insert_id() is that LAST_INSERT_ID() is made easy to use in scripts while mysql_insert_id() tries to provide a little more exact information of what happens to the AUTO_INCREMENT column.

Return Values

Described in the preceding discussion.

Errors

None.

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