Insert a single row and return its primary key

Question

In SSIS, How do I use the execute SQL task to insert a single row with no parameters and get the primary key back so I can set it to user variable? My insert query is simply

Answer 1

Here is another alternative I think is very clean. It uses OUTPUT syntax and the Result Set instead of Parameter Mapping, which requires less configuration.

insert dbo.ImportData (EndDate) 
output inserted.Id 
values (NULL);

• Replace Id in this statement with the name of your identity column.
• Use "Single row" as the Resultset type.
• No parameter mappings
• Add this to the Result Set tab: Result Name: 0 (meaning the first column) and select your variable name e.g. User::tablePk (Variable type: Int32)