Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 11/05/77 11:53

frizzle wrote:
> Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>
>>frizzle wrote:
>>
>>>Rik wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Chris wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>I believe you're looking for mysql_last_insert_id()
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks - that makes sense, I'll give it a try. Hard to find all the
>>>>>built-in functions - I had seen mysql_insert_id, but hadn't seen this
>>>>>one.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>That's because mysql_last_insert_id() is not a PHP function. Frizzle was
>>>>unfortunately on the fritz. mysql_insert_id() it is, which should work
>>>>
>>>>Grtz,
>>>>--
>>>>Rik Wasmus
>>>
>>>
>>>I assume the result to be equal.
>>>Would mysql_insert_id() still require a DB connection to be open?
>>>
>>>Frizzle.
>>>
>>
>>Yes, it's a MySQL call.
>>
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>
>
> So you'd have to run another extra call to the database, instead of
> getting it from cache ?
> Wouldn't that make it slower?
> Not quite getting this, but liked to know how it works ...
>
> Frizzle
>

Yes, because it isn't returned so there's no cache to store it in.

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