Return ID on INSERT?

Question

I have an INSERT query and I want the DB to return the ID of the row I just inserted.

sqlString = \"INSERT INTO MagicBoxes (OwnerID, Key, Name, Permissions,          


        

Answer 1

You have two options; you could declare an Output parameter called @ID; or - you could change the end to SELECT SCOPE_IDENTITY() and just use:

int id = (int)cmd.ExecuteScalar();

I prefer the formal parameter approach, but ExecuteScalar works well.