T-SQL OPENQUERY to MySQL - Insert ID

Question

I am using OPENQUERY to do an insert from MSSQL 2005 to MySQL. How do I get at the last inserted id on the MySQL db back into my MSSQL procedure?

Answer 1

By the following work around i can able to solve my problem Following function to get identity value

CREATE FUNCTION GetIdentity (   @tablename varchar(50) ) 
RETURNS varchar(50) 
AS 
BEGIN   
-- Return the result of the function    
RETURN (select cast(IDENT_CURRENT(@tablename) as varchar(50))) 
END 
GO


SELECT id FROM OPENQUERY(IMDECONP38, 'select Customer.dbo.GetIdentity (''CustomerMaster'') as id')

related question : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2621887/sql-server-identity-issue