>Hi,
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>Is there a function in SQL that I can use to return the last value in the identity column of a table? Note that I don't mean SCOPE_IDENTITY() as it returns the value in the same scope. But I want to be able to do this and get the value from any table. For example, in a pseudo code it would be like this:
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>nLastIdentVal = GetLastIdentVal("tablename")
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>Thank you in advance for your help.

SELECT MAX(IDENTITYCOL) as LastIdentity FROM  yourTableName

Cetin