Is there a way to retrieve the autoincrement ID from a prepared statement
Yes. See here. Section 7.1.9. Change your code to: String sql = “INSERT INTO table (column1, column2) values(?, ?)”; stmt = conn.prepareStatement(sql, Statement.RETURN_GENERATED_KEYS); stmt.executeUpdate(); if(returnLastInsertId) { ResultSet rs = stmt.getGeneratedKeys(); rs.next(); auto_id = rs.getInt(1); }