How to insert multiple records and get the identity value?

Question

I\'m inserting multiple records into a table A from another table B. Is there a way to get the identity value of table A record and update table b record with out doing a cu

Answer 1

Use the ouput clause from 2005:

DECLARE @output TABLE (id int)

Insert into A (fname, lname)
OUTPUT inserted.ID INTO @output
SELECT fname, lname FROM B

select * from @output

now your table variable has the identity values of all the rows you insert.