How do you safely and efficiently get the row id after an insert with mysql using MySQLdb in python?

Question

I have a simple table in mysql with the following fields:

• id -- Primary key, int, autoincrement
• name -- varchar(50)
• description -- varchar(25

Answer 1

I think it might be

newID = db.insert_id()

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Edit by Original Poster

Turns out, in the version of MySQLdb that I am using (1.2.2) You would do the following:

conn = MySQLdb(host...)

c = conn.cursor()
c.execute("INSERT INTO...")
newID = c.lastrowid

I am leaving this as the correct answer, since it got me pointed in the right direction.