How can I get the ID of the last INSERTed row using PDO with SQL Server?

Question

Under other circumstances I might be tempted to use

$result = mssql_query(\"INSERT INTO table (fields) VALUES (data); 
                       SELECT CAST(scope_i         


        

Answer 1

You've got a few choices:

SELECT @@IDENTITY - return the last ID created by actions of the current connection, regardless of table/scope

SELECT SCOPE_IDENTITY() - last ID produced by the current connection, in scope, regardless of table

SELECT IDENT_CURRENT('name_of_table'); - last ID produced on that table, regardless of table/scope/connection

Of the three, SCOPE_IDENTITY() is the best candidate.