On Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:07:46 -0000, "grip_2ls" <neil.thompson@...>
wrote:

> I am using executeUpdate(query) to insert a row into a Firebird database
> table and while this works all it tells me is whether it has worked or

not.

>
> What I need to know is WHAT row was inserted i.e. when the record is
> inserted a unique primary key and I need to know this ID so that it can

be

> referred to in later statements.
>
> Is this possible to do and if so how?

Jaybird 2.2 will add support for retrieval of the generated key using
getGeneratedKeys() (in combination with the specific execute methods that
are defined in JDBC to support this functionality).

That functionality is however not available in Jaybird 2.1.6 IIRC, but -
with Firebird 2.0 or higher - you can use 'INSERT ... RETURNING
<your-primary-key-field>' and execute that as a query (eg executeQuery)
instead of an update. The returned resultset will then include the primary
key that was generated (which is almost identical to what Jaybird 2.2 will
do for the getGeneratedKeys() functionality).

Mark