CodeSnip: How to Get Id of the Record Using ASP.NET and SQL Server 2000
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by Sushila Bowalekar Patel
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Requirements

·         Visual Studio .NET 2003

·         SQL Server 2000

Listing 1 – Simple WebForm used for the Test

<form id="Form1" method="post" runat="server">
<p>First Name<asp:TextBox id="FirstName" runat="server"></asp:TextBox></p>
<p>Last Name<asp:TextBox id="LastName" runat="server"></asp:TextBox></p>
<p><asp:Button id="btnAddRecord" runat="server" Text="Add"></asp:Button></p>
<p><asp:Label id="lblLastRecordAdded" runat="server"></asp:Label></p>
</form>

We will create a database named DummyDB and a table with the name Employees with Employeeid, FirstName and LastName as column names under the database.  The required SQL Script is given below for reference

Listing 2 - Table Creation Script

CREATE TABLE Employees (Employeeid int IDENTITY (1, 1) NOT NULL, FirstName nvarchar (50), LastName nvarchar (50))

Now that we have the table in place, we will see how to get the Id of newly added record through the code.  We will use the SCOPE_IDENTITY() function for our requirement.  After inserting the new record we simply return the value, as shown below.

Listing 3 – Use SCOPE_IDENTITY()

-- INSERT the new record
 INSERT INTO Employees(FirstName, LastName)
 VALUES(@FirstName, @LastName)
 -- Now return the EmployeeId of the newly inserted record
 SELECT SCOPE_IDENTITY()

The ExecuteScalar() method can be used in ASP.NET since it returns the first column of the first row in the result set returned by the query.

Listing 4 – Use ExecuteScalar()

Below is the code in VB.NET and C#.


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Name: Dave London
Date: 2006-08-21 12:45:40 PM
Comment:
Good article. Until recently I wasn't aware of the difference myself. Your solution is the one I would recommend as @@indentity is not thread safe and it is better practice to use SCOPE_IDENTITY() just in case triggers are added to the table at a later stage.
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