Re: [drupal-devel] LOCK vs. SELECT FOR UPDATE

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I think that I do now recall why we are looking up the next ID first: If we use mysql_insert_id we risk not getting the right ID.

Per mysql doc: "For LAST_INSERT_ID(), the most recently generated ID is maintained in the server on a per-connection basis. It is not changed by another client." I fail to see how could we no get the right ID.