For autoincrement fields: MAX(ID) vs TOP 1 ID ORDER BY ID DESC

Question

I want to find the highest AutoIncremented value from a field. (its not being fetched after an insert where I can use @@SCOPE_IDENTITY etc) Which of these two q

Answer 1

Nobody mentioned IDENT_CURRENT('Table1') - blows them all away - of course it only works on identity columns, but that was the question...