Is there a way to get last inserted id of a NON - auto incremented column in MySQL?

Question

I know how LAST_INSERT_ID() works for auto incremented columns, but I cannot find a way to get the last id I inserted for a non auto incremented column.

Is there a

Answer 1

you can easily do that using the same LAST_INSERT_ID().

INSERT INTO thetable (id, value)
VALUES (LAST_INSERT_ID(126), 'some data');

SELECT LAST_INSERT_ID();  -- returns 126