Ok, I'm new to Access and am working with an Access 2000 database. I know that in MS SQL that you can make a stored procedure to insert data into a table and then return the identity of the record inserted (return @@identity).

I would like to create a query to do the same in access. Is there a was I can do this. Currently I have a button that will duplicate a previous order (company name, contact, address, etc...) to populate the fields of a new order. The run another query to select the last item that was inserted into the table. Yet because there are about 6 users who use this table, sometimes when a two people duplicate it will return the wrong order. So then my other way (which seems to work alright) is that the select query select the last order with the specific company information. But I would like to know for future events and it seems the way I am currently completing this task can possibly use a lot of resources down the line.

mselkregg,

Totally doable, though doubt you will get much joy by doing it in a query itself. You need to do this in VBA and it is fairly straight forward... I will try to show below some pseudo (though may end up being real) code...

Basically wrap the "add new record" in a function with the pkid being returned by the function, ie:

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Public Function pfunAddRecord(strTableName as string, strValue as string) as long

Dim rst as Recordset

'populates the recordset
Set rst = currentdb.openrecordset(strTableName)

With rst
 .AddNew 'adds a new record
 !Value = strValue 'sets whatever values you have to whatever you need
 pfunAddRecord = !ID 'returns the ID as the function result
 .Update 'can't remember if this is needed or not!
End With

End Function
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I am hoping you understand UDF's, from your take on SQL I assume you do.
Hope it is all good now...

Lee Hambly