began database table definition and interface definition for the Universal

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src/baseutil/com/silverwrist/util/MySQLUtils.java

@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public class MySQLUtils extends SQLUtils
 
   /**
    * Gets the ID of the most recent insert made to a table with an AUTO_INCREMENT column.  This assumes that the
-   * column is of integer type.  Executes the MySQL statement "SELECT LAST_INSERT_ID();" and returns the value
+   * column is of integer (INT) type.  Executes the MySQL statement "SELECT LAST_INSERT_ID();" and returns the value
    * that that statement returns.
    *
    * @param conn Database connection on which to perform the operation.
@@ -117,4 +117,36 @@ public class MySQLUtils extends SQLUtils
 
   } // end getLastInsertInt
 
+  /**
+   * Gets the ID of the most recent insert made to a table with an AUTO_INCREMENT column.  This assumes that the
+   * column is of long (BIGINT) type.  Executes the MySQL statement "SELECT LAST_INSERT_ID();" and returns the value
+   * that that statement returns.
+   *
+   * @param conn Database connection on which to perform the operation.
+   * @return The value of the last inserted ID on this connection.
+   * @exception java.sql.SQLException If an error occurred in the execution, or if the SELECT statement returned
+   *            no rows (which it should not do).
+   */
+  public static final long getLastInsertLong(Connection conn) throws SQLException
+  {
+    Statement stmt = null;
+    ResultSet rs = null;
+    try
+    { // perform the operation
+      stmt = conn.createStatement();
+      rs = stmt.executeQuery("SELECT LAST_INSERT_ID();");
+      if (!(rs.next()))
+	throw new SQLException("internal error - getLastInsertLong SELECT should have returned OK");
+      return rs.getLong(1);
+
+    } // end try
+    finally
+    { // shut down the objects before we go
+      shutdown(rs);
+      shutdown(stmt);
+
+    } // end finally
+
+  } // end getLastInsertInt
+
 } // end class MySQLUtils