Insert a new row with an autoincremented primary key using an SACommand object

C# SACommand primary key example

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=SQL Anywhere 12 Demo" );
conn.Open();

SACommand cmd = conn.CreateCommand();

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();
while (dr.Read())
{
    System.Console.WriteLine(dr.GetString(0) + ", "
        + dr.GetString(1));
}
dr.Close();
conn.Close();

Insert a new row with an autoincremented primary key using an SACommand object

C# SACommand primary key example

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