How to insert a record and return the newly created ID using a single SqlCommand?

Question

I\'m using an SqlCommand object to insert a record into a table with an autogenerated primary key. How can I write the command text so that I get the newly created ID when I

Answer 1

Add the following line to the end of the Sql Query...

SELECT SCOPE_IDENTITY()

And then use the ExecuteScalar method on the SqlCommand object...

var rowCount = command.ExecuteScalar()