>I am using VB.NET to insert a record in a VFP table which contains a primary key field which is defined auto incremental. So, basically, I am doing something like this to insert the record:
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>INSERT INTO School (Title) VALUES ("This is my school name")
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>However, in that particular case, I need to insert child records right after. As oppose to SQL Server, I cannot rely on the identity field by adding it in my SQLInsert command. So, how would I proceed to get this key in order to insert the child records and have them linked to the proper parent?

Don't auto-generate the keys, I don't know if someone's already mentioned this but use Guids in .Net.

ie: (c#)

Guid id = Guid.NewGuid();

Auto-incrementing keys is a bad idea, your guids will be unique and you'll have the primary key to hand at all times.

Kev