php insert and auto increment columns

[webJunk]

Hi all,

Could someone enlighten me as to how I can insert a record into a table and then retrieve the value of the auto incremented key field for the new record?

I thought maybe there was an easy way to get this returned.

Thanks very much
Doug

[gid]

http://php.net/mysql_insert_id

[webJunk]

that's it ... couldn't find it thanks!