Merge 'trunk' into 'DBIx-Class-current'

[dbsrgits/DBIx-Class.git] / lib / DBIx / Class / Manual / Cookbook.pod

diff --git a/lib/DBIx/Class/Manual/Cookbook.pod b/lib/DBIx/Class/Manual/Cookbook.pod
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--- a/lib/DBIx/Class/Manual/Cookbook.pod
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@@ -846,4 +846,17 @@ array:
 You could then create average, high and low execution times for an SQL
 statement and dig down to see if certain parameters cause aberrant behavior.
 
+=head2 Getting the value of the primary key for the last database insert
+
+AKA getting last_insert_id
+
+If you are using PK::Auto, this is straightforward:
+
+  my $foo = $rs->create(\%blah);
+  # do more stuff
+  my $id = $foo->id; # foo->my_primary_key_field will also work.
+
+If you are not using autoincrementing primary keys, this will probably
+not work, but then you already know the value of the last primary key anyway.
+
 =cut