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

Immediately after your insert stmt, use

SELECT CAST(scope_identity() AS bigint) ---- incase you have a return result as int64

This will return the column created id/identity.