in sqlite3, can a select succeed within a transaction of insert?

Question

I begin a transaction, which is to insert several records into a table. Can I select the latest inserted record out of the database before the transaction commit?

Answer 1

Yes, during or after the transaction you can use the last_insert_rowid() function.

The last_insert_rowid() function returns the ROWID of the last row inserted from the database connection which invoked the function.

In other words:

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sqlite> create table T (C);
sqlite> insert into T values ('hello');
sqlite> select last_insert_rowid();
1
sqlite> BEGIN;
sqlite> insert into T values ('test 2');
sqlite> select last_insert_rowid();
2
sqlite> select rowid,* from T;
1|hello
2|test 2
sqlite> ROLLBACK;
sqlite> select last_insert_rowid();
2
sqlite> select rowid,* from T;
1|hello
sqlite>