Correct use of SCOPE_IDENTITY function within simple stored procedure

Question

I\'d like to simply send some information from a simple client to a log file and then use the identity created for further processing.

Is the following use of SCOP

Answer 1

RETURN SCOPE_IDENTITY() 

is returning a 0 with Dapper.
I replaced it with

SELECT SCOPE_IDENTITY()

and now it is returning the actual value.