@@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

You are using Jet (not SQL Server) and Jet can only handle one SQL statement per command, therefore you need to execute SELECT @@IDENTITY in a separate command, obviously ensuring it uses the same connection as the INSERT.