How do I get the value of a column in the last row of my table?

With out using @.@.identity or count(*) how do i retrieve a value in a column in the last row of my table.

here is the situation. ASP.net project has several sessions open. a user needs to get the value of a column in the last row inserted in a particular table.

Select CallID from Calls where 'it is the last row inserted'

thanks in advance.

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Chris Morton

Hard to get the last row in a relational database. Last means many things: last inserted, last in clustered index, last in another sort, last in a particular index, last in the data page.

Does your table have an Identity column, timestamp, CreatedDate that defaults to getDate()? You need something.

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In relational databases the data is by definition unordered, therefore the last data row entered is functionally the same as the first row entered.

That being said, if you have an inserted date/time column you could select from the table where the column equals the max(datetime) value in the table.