@@IDENTITY after INSERT statement always returns 0

Question

I need a function which executes an INSERT statement on a database and returns the Auto_Increment primary key. I have the following C# code but, while the INSERT statement w

Answer 1

Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0 provider supports Jet v3 and Jet v4 database engines, however SELECT @@IDENTITY is not supported for Jet v3.

MSAccess 97 is Jet v3 and does not support SELECT @@IDENTITY; It supported on MSAccess 2000 and above.