Different ways to get Identity of New Inserted Rows in SQL Server

There are different methods to know the Identity Value of a newly added row.

Let us consider the following example:

--Create a Table
CREATE TABLE test
(
id int identity(1,1),
names varchar(100)
)

--Insert Data
INSERT INTO test(names) SELECT 'testing'

--Get Identity Value that is Populated in the Current Scope
SELECT scope_identity()

--Get Identity value that is Populated in the Current Session
SELECT @@identity

--Get Identity value that is Populated in the Table
--Regardless of Scope and Session
SELECT ident_current('test')

Note that first two methods wont give correct values if data are added to the ‘different tables’

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