For example:
mysql>
mysql> CREATE TABLE attendee(
-> att_id INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
-> att_name CHAR(100),
-> att_title CHAR(40),
-> PRIMARY KEY (att_id)
-> );
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
mysql>
mysql> INSERT INTO attendee (att_name,att_title) VALUES('Charles Loviness','IT Manager');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
mysql>
mysql> SELECT * FROM attendee WHERE att_id = LAST_INSERT_ID();
+--------+------------------+------------+
| att_id | att_name | att_title |
+--------+------------------+------------+
| 1 | Charles Loviness | IT Manager |
+--------+------------------+------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
mysql>
mysql> drop table attendee;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)