Connection objects and last_insert_id() help !

Hey everyone,

I'm ripping my hair out over this problem:

I have a Insert statement, and i want to retrieve the last_insert_ID() after it has executed so it goes like this:

SQLINS = "INSERT INTO family_albums (category,fam_ID,album_name,hidden,system_album,in_progress,user_ID) values(null,'"&request.cookies("access")("family_ID")&"','"&Upload.Form("Albumselect")&Upload.Form("Albumcreate")&"',1,0,1,"&request.cookies("access")("user_ID")&")"
objCmd.CommandText = sqlins
objCmd.Execute
RS1.open "SELECT LAST_INSERT_ID() AS `album_ID`" , "DSN=xxxx; uid=xxxx;pwd=xxxx"
session("varalbum_ID") = RS1("album_ID")
RS1.close

That returns a RS1("album_ID") of 0.

HOWEVER, when i do
SQLINS = "INSERT INTO family_photos (fam_ID,addedby_user,album_ID,file_name) values("&request.cookies("access")("family_ID")&","&request.cookies("access")("user_ID")&",LAST_INSERT_ID(),'"&file.ExtractfileName&"')"
objCmd.CommandText = sqlins
objCmd.Execute

the last_insert_ID() works (HOWEVER, I can't use it because it is in a loop and would increment itself (when i dont want it to)

I think i've answered my own question.. but i still dont know how to make it work.
I'm asuming the problem is that i'm opening a whole new connection object and it's not finding any last inserted id's.

So my question if the above is right, how would i do a "SELECT" on a objcmd and return a value in a RS("") fashion ?

Thanks for any insight!\

Chris
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