Return Primary Key After Insert Into Database

There have been a few times that it has been necessary to return an auto-generated primary key after an insert into a database.  This is a tidbit of MS SQL Server code that will do just that:

cmd.CommandText = string.Format("INSERT INTO Areas(Name) VALUES('{0}'); SELECT SCOPE_IDENTITY()", Manager.SQLSafe(_name)); _id = Convert.ToInt32(cmd.ExecuteScalar());

As you can see, this will return you an integer value that represents the primary key of a row inserted into a database.