VB.net check the AutoIncrement property in an Access database

here an example:

Dim cmd As OleDbCommand = New OleDbCommand("SELECT @@IDENTITY", connection)
    Dim reader  As OleDbDataReader = cmd.ExecuteReader()
    reader.Read()
    dim nextIdentity as int = executeInsertGetIdentity = reader.Item(0).ToString()

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Hi

Thanks.

If I have a table called "Transactions", how would I use your code to check the if the AutoIncrement value of the ID column?
Would I use SELECT @@IDENTITY FROM Transactions
or do I actually have to execute insert statement in order to get the value

for specific table use this:

Dim cmd As OleDbCommand = New OleDbCommand("SELECT IDENT_CURRENT('Transactions')+1", connection)
    Dim reader  As OleDbDataReader = cmd.ExecuteReader()
    reader.Read()
    dim nextIdentity as int = reader.Item(0).ToString()

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Hi. Thanks
I get the error "Undefined function ‘IDENT_CURRENT’ in expression"

when running the following code:

         Dim cs As String = Globals.ThisAddIn.oRIGHT.lblConnectionString.Text
                Dim myConnection As OleDbConnection = New OleDbConnection(cs)

                Try
                    Dim cmd As OleDbCommand = New OleDbCommand("SELECT IDENT_CURRENT('" & oTableName & "')+1", myConnection)
                    myConnection.Open()
                    Dim reader As OleDbDataReader = cmd.ExecuteReader()
                    reader.Read()
                    Dim nextIdentity As Integer = reader.Item(0).ToString()
                    Is_Identity_Column = True
                Catch ex As Exception
                    Is_Identity_Column = False
                    MsgBox(ex.Message)
                End Try

Hi Sedgwick
The purpose of this code is to check if the ID column in table is an AutoIncrement field
I should have mentioned that in the question, but I thought that it was apparent in my code

the code i've posted will return u the next auto increment identity.
i'm not sure i'm following you

Thanks very much