Returning the sequence number of Identity column after Insert

One of the frequently asked questions about sequences is “How to return the last sequence inserted?” Now, with the introduction of Identity column, I saw a similar question in Stack Overflow, Returning the value of identity column after insertion in Oracle

Whether Identity column or a typical sequence, the answer remains same.

RETURNING identity_id INTO variable_id;

Let’s look at a test case:

SQL> set serveroutput on
SQL> CREATE TABLE t
  2    (ID NUMBER GENERATED ALWAYS AS IDENTITY, text VARCHAR2(50)
  3    );

Table created.

SQL>
SQL> DECLARE
  2    var_id NUMBER;
  3  BEGIN
  4    INSERT INTO t
  5      (text
  6      ) VALUES
  7      ('test'
  8      ) RETURNING ID INTO var_id;
  9    DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('ID returned is = '||var_id);
 10  END;
 11  /
ID returned is = 1

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.

SQL>

SQL> select * from t;

        ID TEXT
---------- --------------------------------------------
         1 test

SQL>

Hope it helps!