Retrieving the index of an inserted row

Question

I\'m trying to keep the database tables for a project I\'m working on nice and normalized, but I\'ve run into a problem. I\'m trying to figure out how I can insert a row int

Answer 1

You could:

A. Assume that won't be a problem and use mysql_insert_id

or

B. Include a timestamp in the row and retrieve the last inserted ID before inserting into another table.