Best way to get identity of inserted row in Linked server?

Question

I am inserting record in a remote Sql Server using Linked server, Now I wanna get the id of inserted record. something like scope_identity() in local server. My

Answer 1

try something like this:

--when RemoteTable is (Rowid int identity(1,1) primary key, rowValue varchar(10))
exec ('INSERT server.database.owner.RemoteTable (rowValue) VALUES (''wow'');select SCOPE_IDENTITY()')

the EXEC will return a result set containing the SCOPE_IDENTITY() value

if you have to do this for SQL Server 2005+ you can just add an OUTPUT INSERTED.IdentityColumn to get a result set of the identitie(s). Add an INTO onto that OUTPUT and you can store them in a table/table variable on the local machine.