SQL INSERT INTO returning autoincrement field

Question

I'm a long time desktop app C++ programmer new to SQL. I need to insert into a table with an autoincrment field, and have that sql statement return the new value for the autoincrement field.

Something LIKE:

INSERT INTO Entrys ('Name','Description')
VALUES ('abc','xyz')
SELECT Entrys.EntryID WHERE EntryID=[THE ONE JUST INSERTED!]

Sorry for being a noob.

Answer 1

Assuming that you're using SQL Server, you can use scope_identity to return "the last identity value inserted into an identity column in the same scope. A scope is a module: a stored procedure, trigger, function, or batch. Therefore, two statements are in the same scope if they are in the same stored procedure, function, or batch."

INSERT INTO Entrys ('Name','Description') VALUES ('abc','xyz');
SELECT SCOPE_IDENTITY()