MySQL SELECT LAST_INSERT_ID() for compound key. Is it possible?
Can I get the LAST INSERT ID() for a compound key in MySQL? Yes. You can't have multiple auto-increment fields in a single table. CREATE TABLE foo ( id1 int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment, id2 int(11) NOT NULL default '0', PRIMARY KEY (id1, id2) ); INSERT INTO foo VALUES (DEFAULT, 2); SELECT LAST_INSERT_ID(); -- returns 1, the value generated for id1 LAST_INSERT_ID() returns the value only for a column declared AUTO_INCREMENT . There's no function to return the value in a compound primary key that wasn't generated by the system. You ought to know that value already, since you just gave it in an