Return a value from a insert statement

Question

Working with an Oracle 9i database from an ASP.NET 2.0 (VB) application using OLEDB. Is there a way to have an insert statement return a value? I have a sequence set up to

Answer 1

Some possibilities:

1) Use the RETURNING clause:

INSERT INTO emp (empno, ename) VALUES (emp_seq.NEXTVAL, 'ANDREWS')
RETURNING empno INTO :variable;

2) Use the sequence CURRVAL:

INSERT INTO emp (empno, ename) VALUES (emp_seq.NEXTVAL, 'ANDREWS');
SELECT emp_seq.CURRVAL INTO :variable FROM DUAL;

CURRVAL returns the last sequence value generated by your session.