... 3.0.8 - 3.0.18 only, PHP 4 >= 4.0.0) ifx_getsqlca -- Get the contents of sqlca.sqlerrd[0..5] after a query . ... This gives access to the number of affected rows and the serial insert value. ... assume the first column of 'sometable' is a serial */ $qid = ifx_query("insert into sometable values (0, '2nd column', 'another column') ", $connid); if (! $qid) { ... error ... } $sqlca = ifx_getsqlca ($qid); $serial_value = $sqlca["sqlerrd1"]; echo "The serial value of the inserted row is : " . ...