mysql-python: How can I retrieve the ID of the last record I added?

[Gabriel Ambuehl]

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Hello Oleg,

Friday, September 28, 2001, 3:44:40 PM, you wrote:

>> good, but how can I fetch the id of the last record added? I know
>> I can do some SELECT to gather the ID but if there are two
>> completely identical records, which is possible, it won't do me
>> any good. So is there some library function to reliably retrieve
>> the id of the last record I inserted into the table?
>    SELECT LAST_INSERT_ID()

Thanks a lot.



Best regards,
 Gabriel

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