Whats the best way to update a single record via SQL and obtain the id of the record that was updated? (Java/MSSQL)

Question

I know I can update a single record like this - but then how to I get access to the id of the record that was updated? (I\'m using MSSQL so I can\'t use Oracles RowId)

Answer 1

Does this have to be in a single statement? Ultimately this would be best as a stored procedure

Create Procedure doMyUpdate

 @Id int output

as

Set @Id = (select top 1 itemId from myTable)
update myTable
set myCol = 'foo'
where itemId = @Id

another way would be to use th RETURN keyword and the built in RETURN_VALUE parameter...

Create Procedure doMyUpdate

as

Declare @Id int
Set @Id = (select top 1 itemId from myTable)

update myTable
set myCol = 'foo'
where itemId = @Id

RETURN @Id