Hi,
How to Change Increment Value for existing Identity Column (MS SQL2000) ?
I know how to change the seed :
DBCC CHECKIDENT (activity, RESEED,4233596)
but I need the future id generated with step 2
4233596
4233598
4233600
I would like to do it using T-sql because I will need to do it every day after syncronising with another SQL server .
Thanks,
Natalia
Dear Sir,
the following code is copied from the SQL Server Help Example.
CREATE TABLE MyCustomers2 (CustID INTEGER IDENTITY (100,1) PRIMARY KEY, CompanyName NvarChar (50))
INSERT INTO MyCustomers2 (CompanyName) VALUES ('A. Datum Corporation')
ALTER TABLE MyCustomers2 ALTER COLUMN CustId IDENTITY (200, 2)
It gives the following error.
Msg 156, Level 15, State 1, Line 3
Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'IDENTITY'
Can U please guide me abt the error.
with regards,
wilfi
Hello all,I'm using SS2K on W2k.I'v got a table say, humm, "Orders" with two fields in the PK:OrderDate and CustomerID. I would like to add an "ID" column whichwould be auto-increment (and would be the new PK). But, I would reallylike to have orders with the oldest OrderDate having the smallest IDnumber and, for a same OrderDate, I'd to have the smallest CustomerIDfirst. So my question is:How could I add an auto-increment column to a table and make it createits values in a particular order (sort by OrderDate then CustomerIDhere)?In the real situation, the table I want to modify has around 500krecords and the PK has 5 fields and I want to sort on three of them.Thanks for you helpYannick
View 7 Replies View RelatedI have created a table that generates a sequential id and a
stored procedure that will return that id. The trouble is
no matter what I set the Seed or Increment values to, the
id will always start with #1 and increment by 1.
My table is BILLING_TIME_ID
Identity field BT_GEN_ID
(SEED 200, INCREMENT 1)
The sp is as follows:
CREATE PROCEDURE BT_NEXT_ID
AS
INSERT dbo.BILLING_TIME_ID DEFAULT VALUES
select count (*) from dbo.BILLING_TIME_ID
GO
I have double checked that Identity_Insert is set to off for
this table. (does this default to off unless it is set to on?) Since
there is only 1 field in the table, I don`t have any indexes set.
Thanks for your help!
Toni
trying to change a column that is just a INT NOT NULL column, to have an auto-increment.
Code:
ALTER TABLE [ImpExpTables].[dbo].[ImpExp_eBayLocalNeedsDeleted]
ALTER COLUMN ID int IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL
just gives error at IDENTITY
Hi
I am trying to use the identity data type ( column)
I am using examples from the book and management studio in sql server 2005.
I am using the identity property for the customer Id in customers table.I accidentatly executed the querry twice and I had two same record with different customer id numbers of 1 and 2 . I realised the problem and I had to delete the second record.
The problem is now even if I have deteted the 2nd record with customer id 2 , when I insert a new record the identity value ( customer Id) increments with a number after the value I deleted. i.e if I deleted a second row with customer id 2 ( identity 2) when I enter a new record it enters with a customer id of 3 and whenever i add a new record it increments from there.
So instead of first record have cust id 1 and second record customer id 2 etc , I get first record with cust id 1 , second record with cust id 3 , third record cust id 4 etc.
How can I get rid of this wrong values of identity values whenever I delete a record and try to add a new record?
Thanks
Hi,
I have a column that is unique that I would like to make into an IDENTITIY column after I insert some data into it.
I tried
alter table <table_name>
alter column <col_name> int Identity (1,1)
but it fails.
Ajay
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Hi(SQL Server 2000)I have an existing table (t) with a column that is NOT an identity column(t.ID), but it has manually inserted "row numbers". I want to make thiscolumn become an identity column. This column is a key field to othertables, so I want to keep the row numbers that are allready inserted.From the Query Analyzer, how do I do this?Thanks in advance!Regards,Gunnar VøyenliEDB-konsulent asNORWAY
View 3 Replies View RelatedHi All,
Can any body tell me that how we can attach IDENTITY property to an existing int column
I removed all constraints in order to load a bunch of data into a table, now I'm wondering if I can add an identity column to this table which does contain data or if I have to create a new table with the identity column and insert the data into that.
thx
Kat
I am working with a table in SQL server. I have a column that I want to designateas an identity column. I am not able to do this, because the field for "Identity Specification" is not editiable.
What I did was I went to sql server, right clicked and selected "Modify".The column properties dialog box/edit grid is then displayed with attributesthat I can modify.
There are two major nodes in this dialog box. One is named "General" and the otheris named "Table Designer". I expand the "Table Designer" node and then go to the node labeled "Identity Specification" It is here where I would like to edit thevalues.
The values that are listed for edit are listed below. BUT, the problem is thatI can place my cursor in those fields, but I am not able to change/edit them.Can anyone tell me what the problem is here? and how I can fix it?
+Identity Specification (Is Identity) Identity Increment Identity Seed
We want to add a new int identity column as a primary key to an already existing table that has a primary key on Guid. Here is the DDL:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[VRes](
[VResID] [uniqueidentifier] NOT NULL,
[Mes] [varchar](max) NOT NULL,
[PID] [uniqueidentifier] NOT NULL,
[Segt] [int] NOT NULL,
[code]....
Also we currently have 3 million rows on this table. Is having an integer column as identity column and primary key better or shd I consider using BigInt?
How do i drop/remove the identity property for an existing column in all Tables where the Identity column is a primary key.
The Script below was used to find all the tables that have an Identity Column as a primary key in a database. Now i want to remove the identity property from the Identity Columns that have a primary key in the database.
select pk.table_name, c.column_name,
from information_schema.table_constraints pk
INNER JOIN information_schema.key_column_usage c ON c.TABLE_NAME = pk.TABLE_NAME
and c.constraint_name = pk.constraint_name
where constraint_type = 'PRIMARY KEY'
and COLUMNPROPERTY(object_id(pk.table_name), column_name, 'IsIdentity') = 1
ORDER BY pk.table_name, c.column_name
how to add identity column into existing table in sql.
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Thank you
In y sql server table has millions of records available. I don't want to drop the tables.
My requirement is I want to change the column order of an existing table. some tables I am able to saving on design window Like Below image.
Even I had generate a script and using that script trying to execute on Management Studio but unable to saving the new column orders. I am getting the Timeout expired error after couple of minutes. How can we save the orders without dropping the table !
Is there anyway I can change Identity specification on column to yes ? and If I do that it supposed to take data as 1,2,3,4 like that?Â
But mine is not changing it's come up all data as 0. Is there any other way to do?Â
Hi, I want to change an int column (not null) to identity column. I tried
the following:
alter table myTable alter column ID int identity(10, 1) not null
But it failed with the error message:
Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'identity'.
Can someone please show me the correct statement (if it exists)>
Many thanks.
I have created a table as below mentioned. Then I want to alter the ID column as identity(1,1) without dropping the table as well as losing the data.
create table dbo.IdentityTest
(
id int not null,
descript varchar(255) null,
T_date datetime not null
)
Hello!
I is true that SQL-Server use lower values than last integer value (in auto incremet field). Is there option that i could prevent that. So the Server would always put + 1 for the auto increment value.
Thanks
Juissi
If delete all the records from a table that has an incremental identity. Is there a TSQL way of reset the first number on an insert back to be 1 again without going to the table taking it off then saving it the putting it back on again?
View 2 Replies View RelatedHello, I need some help writing a script to generate Identity keys. I cannot use the row number generator because I would like to start the identity at a package level variable. Is this possible?
Thank you in advance
Hi,
I am having problem in bulk update of a sql server table haning identity column from a datatable( has no identity column) using sqlbulkcopy. I tried several approaches, but it does not show any error nor is the table getting updated. But the identity value seems to getting increased every time.
thanks.
varun
HiI have a Jobs Table: Job_ID,User_ID,Job_Info,...Job_ID is the Primary Key.I want to add [Job_ID_PerUser] so I wiil get:Job_ID Job_ID_PerUser User_ID1 1 A2 1 B3 1 C4 2 A5 3 A6 2 CThanks
View 4 Replies View RelatedIam trying to add a column to an existing table that would be an "identifier". I called it "ReadingNumber" and selected Identity "Yes" and "Identity increment" as 1.
When I add it, it just gives the rows random numbers instead of by the order they were inserted into the database by.....is there a way to autonumber the columns correctly? I have a COLUMN called Date and also one called Time that have the date and Time, but the format is char.
Would I have to convert the date time columns into something SQL understands, sort them ASC or DESC and then do the Identity column add?
Thanks for any help
Edited
hi,
i really need ur help..
I am creating an a stored procedure which could insert new records, the identity of the primary key in my table is not incremented. i want to increment the id when adding a new record in the stored procedure. what would be the system for that?
thanks
Funnyfrog
Reset the Identity IncrementHello:I have a table with a bigint type column (field) that has an identity seedof 1 and an identity increment of 1. The column is the primary key for thetable.After I backup and clean out the database (delete all of the data in the DB)I need to have the column with the identiy seed/increment value reset to 1automatically. (start counting at 1 again). How does one do that, becauseas it is now, the DB keeps increasing the value of the column from where itleft off, regardless of the fact that I deleted all of the data in thetable.The DB is MS SQL Server 2000.Thanks and appreciate any help.Ryan Kennedy
View 2 Replies View RelatedHi, for some reason I want to have a unique ID with a seed and random Identity increment (I want an ascending ID's but without able to know how many objects there are).
any ideas?
thanks in advance
Hi all,
I've been thrown a curve ball late in the game on an application I'm developing. Without getting into the specifics of the application I store a unique employee ID number for all person records in it. This ID is provided to us by the companies we're servicing. Up until this point in time we didn't have need of an externally visable ID other than the one provided to us. Now, a need for an internally generated (by our application) unique ID has been discovered. This number needs to be a minimum 5 digits (e.x. 10001, 10002, ....). I could achieve this nicely by seeding an identity column at 10000 with an increment of 1. However, I've alredy made different settings for this and there are records in the db with the old ones.
My question is: If I initially set the seed / increment at 1/1 can I change this after the fact without causing data integrity problems. Will all subsequent insertions into this table just start at the new values?
Or, ideally I'd like to create a new column seperate from the PK Identity column already in place that serves the same function, incrementing a 5 digit number by 1 for each new record. Seems that you're only allowed one identity column per table though. Is there another way to achieve get the same result as identity?
Thanks!
I need to have a script where it ask the user for a value, the script will search for all records that match the value. Then it will display the numbers of records found and ask the user to enter a different value. The rest of the script will use this new value and increment by 1 n times as the number of records found. I started the script where it will ask for "HANDLE" and display the number of records found with that "HANDLE"
declare @HANDLE as varchar(30)
declare @COUNT as varchar(10)
declare @STARTINV as varchar(20)
set @HANDLE = ?C --This is the parameter to search for records with this value
set @STARTINV = ?C --User will input the starting invoice number
SELECT COUNT as OrderCount FROM SHIPHIST
where HANDLE = @HANDLE
I just can't figure out how to proceed to use the entered invoice # and increment by 1 until it reach the number of records found.
This will be the end results:
Count=5 --results from query
STARTINV=00010 --Value entered by user
Handle,Inv_Num
AAABBB,00010
AAABBB,00011
AAABBB,00012
AAABBB,00013
AAABBB,00014
I am pretty new to SQL and facing difficulties with a current problem.
I have a list of customers and a sequence of events they have triggered . I know the sequence in which these events have been triggered and only want to increment a value when a new event is triggered (value to remain the same if the event is the same). I have come close to a solution with Dense_rank but the problem here is that the ranking doesn't reset if the same even previously triggered is triggered a bit later in the sequence. see below an example of current results and expected results:
Customer ID,Sequence ID,event,current result,expected result
1,1,A,4,1
1,2,A,4,1
1,3,B,3,2
1,4,C,2,3
1,5,A,4,4
1,6,A,4,4
1,7,E,1,5
1,8,D,5,6
2,1,B,3,1
2,2,C,2,2
2,3,C,2,2
I had a strange problem today with one of the identity fields in a frequently used table. It appears that the Identity column for a table had stopped incrementing after it reached 2147483585. Since I had inherited this table, I am not sure if the identity column type has been modified from int to numeric, but the current type is Numeric (9) which is 19 precision and 0 scale value.
When resetting the seed to 1, it started working. I tried creating a temp table with numeric value and it increments well beyond billions with no problems.
Has anyone encountered this? Any best practices around defining Identity data type (ie. use int or bigint and avoide Numeric)?
Thanks
NS
I have a excel file which has a column called "Code" and their values are A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H. I want to create a new column called "status" based on the values of "Code".
Code:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
If A,C,E,G then "status" = "Active" else if B,D,F,H then "Status" = "Inactive". I like to do it using "Derived Column".