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

If you want to get a custom last_inserted ID, you must implement a procedure that will make the insert statment on your DB. At the end, just print the ID and use the PHP (if PHP is your main script) sender to return the generated row.

EXAMPLE:

DROP PROCEDURE IF EXISTS insert_row;
DELIMITER $$

CREATE PROCEDURE insert_row(IN _row_id VARCHAR(255), IN _description VARCHAR(255))
BEGIN
    SET @last_inserted_id = _row_id;
    SET @sql = CONCAT("INSERT INTO test VALUES ('", _row_id, "','",_description,"')");
    PREPARE stmt FROM @sql;
    EXECUTE stmt;
    DEALLOCATE PREPARE stmt;
    SELECT @last_inserted_id AS LAST_INSERT_ID;
END;
$$

DELIMITER ;
#
#
#
#------- HOW TO USE IT ? ---------------
CALL insert_row('Test001','the first test line');