How can I retrieve the identities of rows that were inserted through insert…select?

Question

I am inserting records through a query similar to this one:

insert into tbl_xyz select field1 from tbl_abc

Now I would like to retreive th

Answer 1

You can get this information using the OUTPUT clause.

You can output your information to a temp target table or view.

Here's an example:

DECLARE @InsertedIDs TABLE (ID bigint)
INSERT into DestTable (col1, col2, col3, col4)
OUTPUT INSERTED.ID INTO @InsertedIDs
SELECT col1, col2, col3, col4 FROM SourceTable

You can then query the table InsertedIDs for your inserted IDs.