@@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

I think that @@identity is valid only in the scope of the command - in your case when you execute "statement".

Modify your "statement"so that the stored procedure itself will return the @@IDENTITY value right after the INSERT statement, and read it as the return code of the stored procedure execution.