Mark

I wasn't aware that Firebird was able to do that but it's perfect.

Thanks for your help once again!

Neil

--- In Firebird-Java@yahoogroups.com, Mark Rotteveel <mark@...> wrote:
>
> 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
>