If the table you are updating has an autoincremented primary key, uses UUIDs, or if the primary key comes from a primary key pool, you can use a stored procedure to obtain the primary key values generated by the data source.
The following example shows how to obtain the primary key that is generated for a newly inserted row. The example uses an SACommand object to call a SQL stored procedure and an SAParameter object to retrieve the primary key that it returns. For demonstration purposes, the example creates a sample table (adodotnet_primarykey) and the stored procedure (sp_adodotnet_primarykey) that will be used to insert rows and return primary key values.
SAConnection conn = new SAConnection( "Data Source=Sybase IQ Demo" ); conn.Open(); SACommand cmd = conn.CreateCommand(); cmd.CommandText = "DROP TABLE adodotnet_primarykey"; cmd.ExecuteNonQuery(); cmd.CommandText = "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS adodotnet_primarykey (" + "ID INTEGER DEFAULT AUTOINCREMENT, " + "Name CHAR(40) )"; cmd.ExecuteNonQuery(); cmd.CommandText = "CREATE or REPLACE PROCEDURE sp_adodotnet_primarykey(" + "out p_id int, in p_name char(40) )" + "BEGIN " + "INSERT INTO adodotnet_primarykey( name ) VALUES( p_name );" + "SELECT @@IDENTITY INTO p_id;" + "END"; cmd.ExecuteNonQuery(); cmd.CommandText = "sp_adodotnet_primarykey"; cmd.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure; SAParameter parmId = new SAParameter(); parmId.SADbType = SADbType.Integer; parmId.Direction = ParameterDirection.Output; cmd.Parameters.Add(parmId); SAParameter parmName = new SAParameter(); parmName.SADbType = SADbType.Char; parmName.Direction = ParameterDirection.Input; cmd.Parameters.Add(parmName); parmName.Value = "R & D --- Command"; cmd.ExecuteNonQuery(); int id1 = (int)parmId.Value; System.Console.WriteLine("Primary key=" + id1); parmName.Value = "Marketing --- Command"; cmd.ExecuteNonQuery(); int id2 = (int)parmId.Value; System.Console.WriteLine("Primary key=" + id2); parmName.Value = "Sales --- Command"; cmd.ExecuteNonQuery(); int id3 = (int)parmId.Value; System.Console.WriteLine("Primary key=" + id3); parmName.Value = "Shipping --- Command"; cmd.ExecuteNonQuery(); int id4 = (int)parmId.Value; System.Console.WriteLine("Primary key=" + id4); cmd.CommandText = "SELECT * FROM adodotnet_primarykey"; cmd.CommandType = CommandType.Text; SADataReader dr = cmd.ExecuteReader(); conn.Close(); dataGridView1.DataSource = dr;