Java SQL (h2): What's the best way to retrieve the unique ID of the single item I just inserted into

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Published on 2010-04-15T17:08:36Z Indexed on 2010/04/15 17:13 UTC
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My current method is this:

SELECT TOP 1 ID FROM DATAENTRY ORDER BY ID DESC

This assumes the latest inserted item always has the highest unique ID (primary key, autoincrementing). Something smells wrong here.

Alternatives?

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