Question : Getting last_insert_id() in a trigger in Mysql

I am trying to create a trigger that inserts a record into table2 when table1 has a new record inserted.
It seems that last_inserted_id returns nothing as the table2 record is never created. If I hard code a value for last_insert_id it works correctly.

Any pointers please!

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CREATE TRIGGER `client_tracker`.add_inv AFTER INSERT ON brite_supplement FOR EACH ROW INSERT INTO investments ( client_id, investment_name, investment_date, investment_type, investment_amount ) SELECT brite_supplement.client_id, "27" AS Expr1, brite_supplement.investment_date, brite_supplement.investment_type, brite_supplement.investment_amount FROM brite_supplement WHERE brite_supplement.ID=last_insert_id();

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Answer : Getting last_insert_id() in a trigger in Mysql

you use
NEW.id_field

and not last_insert_id()

all the fields, FOR EACH ROW, are available via the NEW virtual record:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/trigger-syntax.html