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I've had the same issue before and resorted to using a query that does the insert then returns @@identity. You can do it without a full blown stored procedure and just using an SqlCommand, IIRC.

this will return: "(1 row(s) affected)" But now I need to know, what data was actually inserted? SQL Server has answered this question in 2005 with the OUTPUT statement: This will return a dataset ...

proc sql; create table proclib.paylist (IdNum char(4), Gender char(1), Jobcode char(3), Salary num, Birth num informat=date7. format=date7., Hired num informat=date7 ...