Get Updated Value in MySQL instead of affected rows

Question

I\'ve been trying to find an answer to this question, but haven\'t found any definitive \"yes\" or \"no\" in all my research.

I\'m running a simple MySQL query like

Answer 1

No you cant. You could make a function or stored procedure that could do the insert and return the updated value but that would still require you to execute two queries from within the function or stored procedure.