2 short mysql/php questions :)

Hi

Two questions for a php/mysql guru out there :slight_smile:

I need to do two (probably very basic things)
First off after running a query to update multiple lines how would you retrieve how many liens that query effected ? Say you had a column called “name” and you wanted to change all the rows that are currently Dave to Laura how would you find after how many were changed?

Secondly after adding a row to a table with auto increment on a ID field, what would be the easiest way to retrieve the new ID. (assuming some rows may have been previously so count(*) would not give the correct figure but I’m assuming there is a much less painful method on mysql anyway :slight_smile:

Thanks in advance,
Oli