Re: Retrieving Identity Value of newly inserted row

> Work-around: don't use placeholders, or hack it with a SELECT
> max(...) after the insert (ugh!)

Or don't use identity columns. For implementing sequential keys, personally,
I use "Method 3" as docummented at

http://www.isug.com/Sybase_FAQ/ASE/section6.2.html#homegrown

Placeholders work fine using this method.