LAST_INSERT_ID() MySQL

Question

I have a MySQL question that I think must be quite easy. I need to return the LAST INSERTED ID from table1 when I run the following MySql query:

INSERT INTO table1 (title,userid) VALUES ('test',1); 
INSERT INTO table2 (parentid,otherid,userid) VALUES (LAST_INSERT_ID(),4,1);
SELECT LAST_INSERT_ID();

As you can understand the current code will just return the LAST INSERT ID of table2 instead of table1, how can I get the id from table1 even if I insert into table2 between?

Answer 1

I had the same problem in bash and i'm doing something like this:

mysql -D "dbname" -e "insert into table1 (myvalue) values ('${foo}');"

which works fine:-) But

mysql -D "dbname" -e "insert into table1 (myvalue) values ('${foo}');set @last_insert_id = LAST_INSERT_ID();"
mysql -D "dbname" -e "insert into table2 (id_tab1) values (@last_insert_id);"

don't work. Because after the first command, the shell will be logged out from mysql and logged in again for the second command, and then the variable @last_insert_id isn't set anymore. My solution is:

lastinsertid=$(mysql -B -N -D "dbname" -e "insert into table1 (myvalue) values ('${foo}');select LAST_INSERT_ID();")
mysql -D "dbname" -e "insert into table2 (id_tab1) values (${lastinsertid});"

Maybe someone is searching for a solution an bash :-)

Answer 2

If you need to have from mysql, after your query, the last auto-incremental id without another query, put in your code:

mysql_insert_id();

Answer 3

You could store the last insert id in a variable :

INSERT INTO table1 (title,userid) VALUES ('test', 1); 
SET @last_id_in_table1 = LAST_INSERT_ID();
INSERT INTO table2 (parentid,otherid,userid) VALUES (@last_id_in_table1, 4, 1);    

Or get the max id frm table1

INSERT INTO table1 (title,userid) VALUES ('test', 1); 
INSERT INTO table2 (parentid,otherid,userid) VALUES (LAST_INSERT_ID(), 4, 1); 
SELECT MAX(id) FROM table1;   

Answer 4

Since you actually stored the previous LAST_INSERT_ID() into the second table, you can get it from there:

INSERT INTO table1 (title,userid) VALUES ('test',1); 
INSERT INTO table2 (parentid,otherid,userid) VALUES (LAST_INSERT_ID(),4,1);
SELECT parentid FROM table2 WHERE id = LAST_INSERT_ID();

Answer 5

For last and second last:

INSERT INTO `t_parent_user`(`u_id`, `p_id`) VALUES ((SELECT MAX(u_id-1) FROM user) ,(SELECT MAX(u_id) FROM user  ) );

Answer 6

For no InnoDB solution: you can use a procedure don't forgot to set the the delimiter for storing the procedure with ;

CREATE PROCEDURE myproc(OUT id INT, IN otherid INT, IN title VARCHAR(255))
BEGIN
LOCK TABLES `table1` WRITE;
INSERT INTO `table1` ( `title` ) VALUES ( @title ); 
SET @id = LAST_INSERT_ID();
UNLOCK TABLES;
INSERT INTO `table2` ( `parentid`, `otherid`, `userid` ) VALUES (@id, @otherid, 1); 
END

And you can use it...

SET @myid;
CALL myproc( @myid, 1, "my title" );
SELECT @myid;