output-clause

I am a little stuck with why I can not seem to get the 'new identity' of the inserted row with the statement below. SCOPE_IDENTITY() just returns null. declare @WorkRequestQueueID int declare @LastException nvarchar(MAX) set @WorkRequestQueueID = 1 set @LastException = 'test' set nocount off DELETE dbo.WorkRequestQueue OUTPUT DELETED.MessageEnvelope, DELETED.Attempts, @LastException, GetUtcdate(), -- WorkItemPoisened datetime DELETED.WorkItemReceived_UTC INTO dbo.FaildMessages FROM dbo.WorkRequestQueue WHERE WorkRequestQueue.ID = @WorkRequestQueueID IF @@ROWCOUNT = 0 RAISERROR ('Record not

I am trying to use the OUTPUT clause inside a stored procedure to output to a temporary table the values of an indentity column after an INSERT . CREATE TABLE #Test ( ID INT ) INSERT INTO [TableB] OUTPUT INSERTED.ID #Test SELECT * FROM [TableA] However, when I execute this procedure SQL Server shows me the results in a table (correctly) called Test but if I write SELECT * FROM #Test as the next statement in the stored procedure it shows me nothing. How can I efectively accomplish this? I think you're missing an INTO - try this: CREATE TABLE #Test(ID INT) INSERT INTO [TableB] OUTPUT INSERTED.ID

I have seen various methods used when retrieving the value of a primary key identity field after insert. declare @t table ( id int identity primary key, somecol datetime default getdate() ) insert into @t default values select SCOPE_IDENTITY() --returns 1 select @@IDENTITY --returns 1 Returning a table of identities following insert: Create Table #Testing ( id int identity, somedate datetime default getdate() ) insert into #Testing output inserted.* default values What method is proper or better? Is the OUTPUT method scope-safe? The second code snippet was borrowed from SQL in the Wild It