What is the difference between Scope_Identity(), Identity(), @@Identity, and Ident_Current()?

Question

I know Scope_Identity(), Identity(), @@Identity, and Ident_Current() all get the value of the identity column, but I woul

Answer 1

Scope means the code context that performs the INSERT statement SCOPE_IDENTITY(), as opposed to the global scope of @@IDENTITY.

CREATE TABLE Foo(
  ID INT IDENTITY(1,1),
  Dummy VARCHAR(100)
)

CREATE TABLE FooLog(
  ID INT IDENTITY(2,2),
  LogText VARCHAR(100)
)
go
CREATE TRIGGER InsertFoo ON Foo AFTER INSERT AS
BEGIN
  INSERT INTO FooLog (LogText) VALUES ('inserted Foo')
  INSERT INTO FooLog (LogText) SELECT Dummy FROM inserted
END

INSERT INTO Foo (Dummy) VALUES ('x')
SELECT SCOPE_IDENTITY(), @@IDENTITY 

Gives different results.