get new SQL record ID

Question

How can I get back the autogenerated ID for a new record I just inserted? (Using ASP classic and MSSQL 2005)

Answer 1

Thanks all who suggested SELECT SCOPE_IDENTITY(). I was able to create a stored procedure:

USE [dbname]
GO 
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO
CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[spInsert]
(
   @Nn varchar(30)
)
AS
BEGIN TRANSACTION InsertRecord 
   INSERT INTO A (Nn) 
   VALUES (@Nn) 
   SELECT NewID = SCOPE_IDENTITY()   -- returns the new record ID of this transaction
   COMMIT TRANSACTION InsertRecord

and call the sproc using VB:

Dim strNn '<- var to be passed'
Set cn = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection") 
connectString = "DSN" 
cn.Open connectString, "user", "PW0rd" 
Set rs = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset") 
set rs = cn.Execute("EXEC [dbname].[dbo].[A] @Nn=" & strNn)
'return the value'
resultID = rs(0)

I can now use resultID anytime I refer to the newly created ID.