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

No.

There is no inherent ordering of relations, no "last-inserted record". This is why the AUTO_INCREMENT field exists, after all.

You'd have to look in logs or cache the value yourself inside your application.