Retrieve inserted row ID in SQL

Question

How do I retrieve the ID of an inserted row in SQL?

Users Table:

Column  | Type
--------|--------------------------------
ID      | * Auto-incremen         


        

Answer 1

In Oracle and PostgreSQL you can do this:

INSERT INTO some_table (name, age)
VALUES
('charuka', 12)
RETURNING ID

When doing this through JDBC you can also do that in a cross-DBMS manner (without the need for RETURNING) by calling getGeneratedKeys() after running the INSERT