how to get id from table I just inserted into

From: Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 07:37:27 +0000
Subject: how to get id from table I just inserted into
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I have a mysql db with a particular table that I am inserting into. This table has an id column that auto-increments. Is it possible to get the id of the row that I just inserted into, without re-querying??? The problem that I have is that the data being inserted will be identical for several rows, and hence there is no way to assure that when I query with certain parameters that a unique row, the row that I just inserted, will be returned. The only way that I can think of doing this is by creating a timestamp as an identifying piece. Am I making any sense?

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