Keep the SQL Scope_Identity() value

Question

I’ve got a process that inserts data into a sql server using the Execute SQL Statement.
I use the Scope_Identity() to get the index value for subsequent inserts to other tables.
Is there a way to get that value back into the process?
I need to know the value several steps later.

Answer 1

Some strange stuff....
The following works in CF7 with the built-in MSSQL or JDBC
1.0 driver.
It also works in CF8 with the built-in MSSQL driver.
insert into myTable (myField)
values ('myValue');
select scope_identity() as myAliasName
If I'm using the JDBC 1.0 driver in CF8, I must wrap the
query with the "SET NOCOUNT" statements for it to work:
SET NOCOUNT OFF;
insert into myTable (myField)
values ('myValue');
select scope_identity() as myAliasName;
SET NOCOUNT ON:
Now, when using the JDBC v1.2 driver in CF8, the SET NOCOUNT
statements do not work. The insert works but the query is
undefined. result.RECORDCOUNT=0.
If you remove the SET NOCOUNT statements, myAliasName is
undefined but the query will be defined and you will get a value
for queryName.GENERATED_KEYS. result.RECORDCOUNT=1. It seems the
alias is ignored.
If you now
remove the select scope_identity() statement so that you
only have the INSERT statement, the query will be undefined but now
the result variable will contain a GENERATED_KEYS value. Also,
RECORDCOUNT=1 even though the query is undefined. (Note: you must
remove the scope_identity() statement. If you just comment it out
with SQL comments, the insert will work but GENTERATED_KEYS will be
undefined and RECORDCOUNT=0).
I'm not sure yet what to make of this info. I'm using CF8 in
development and CF7 in production. If I use the built-in Microsoft
SQL Server driver for both environments, I don't need to make any
changes to my code. That's what I'm doing for the time being.