>>>>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.
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>>>See IDENT_CURRENT and @@IDENTITY in Help.
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>>As I said I don't want the function to be tied to a scope, which both of your suggested do. Thanks anyways.
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>Dmitry,
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>IDENT_CURRENT is independent on scope, so I don't understand your comment.
You are right. I confused it (misread it as SCOPE_IDENT). Sorry.
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