I have a table with Identity column starting from value 1 and autoincrementing 1 for every new value. I inserted (5) rows and then deleted these rows. But, when i insert a new row, it was taking the last identity value(5)and inserting the rows with next identity value i.e., 6 for this column. I dont want that. Everytime, I delete and insert rows in to this table.I wanted the rows to start with 1 for this column.
Changing the seed and increment values on the identity column
- CREATE TABLE MyCustomers (CustID INTEGER IDENTITY (100,1) PRIMARY KEY, CompanyName NvarChar (50)) - INSERT INTO MyCustomers (CompanyName) VALUES ('A. Datum Corporation') - ALTER TABLE MyCustomers ALTER COLUMN CustId IDENTITY (200, 2) When i excute the Alter command, following error comes:"Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'IDENTITY'."I've picked the example from SQL SERVER 2005 books online.Please let me know if we can change the seed value on the identity column from a sql command.
Is there a way to delete all items from a table that has an identity column and to reset the counter for all new insertions so that they begin at '1' again?
In my application , DB has a large table. I write a small program to clear the table whenever the size of table is over 50 MB. At that time , I want to reset identity as 1. How can I do that? Currently , my program delete old table and generate a new one with the same schema when the table is too large.But this is kind of ugly.
Obviously to delete all records from DB table is simple, however, I would like to make my whole Live DB pretty much empty. I've copied all my data from my test DB over to my live DB (didn't mean to but I did). I would like to remove all the data and the identity values, resetting them back at their original values. Is there a simple way or do I have to do it the hard way. That being going in and removing Identity, saving and then placing identity back on the DB Table.
i have a table with the following fiels , Column NameDataType Sno intIdentity = Yes , Identity Speed =1 , Identity Increament =1 namechar
Now i entered data and coneected to database, worked.Now after cheking all the data entered with the form , now i have to send the table to client place. The problem is , the sno column has the value which i entered last. now if i delete all records , then also the record no doesnot become 0. what i have to do, to set the sno column to 1 again.
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
I have a test database that is being moved to the production server. Currently in one of the tables I have an identity seed for each record. Is there a way to reset it back to zero. I have deleted all my records but it still doesnt work, and I dont want to create a new table.
I have a remote DB I am wokring with at present. The DBA has provided me with a non owner LOGIN so I can't copy tables from the live to the staged DB as objects I can only copy tables and data.
The PKEY and IDENTITY COLUMNS get reset to just regular columns on each table. I can restore the PKEY constraint and have come across the DBCC CHECKIDENT to get the new ident value. I just can't figure out how to set a column to be an identity. The ALTER TABLE command isn't having any of it.
I am obviously missing the right bit on Books online
I have a demo database in SqlCE that I am getting ready to deploy. I deleted a bunch of test records and now want to reset the identity columns. The compact method runs fine, but the identity columns are not being reset? So when I add a new record, the returned identity value is over 1,000 even though the highest value is only 50.
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
I know that TRUNCATE TABLE can be used to reset the identity counter, but it can't be used on a table referenced by a foreign key. Anybody knows how to do that? Thanks.
when i alter non identity column to identity column using this Query alter table testid alter column test int identity(1,1) then i got this error message Msg 156, Level 15, State 1, Line 3 Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'identity'.
Hi,i m using vwd2005 express and sql express.i've created a table in sql express and set id fied to primary key and set identity to yes.now when i add a record a the id is auto generated this way 1,2,3,4....but when i delete these records and add the new record.the id column now adds a new id as 5 then 6,7 etc.but i want the id to generate from 1,2,3 again..how can this be done?any idea?thanks. jack.
I have table of three column first column is an ID column. However at creation of the table i have not set this column to auto increment. Then i have copied 50 rows in another table to this table then set the ID column values to zero.
Now I have changed the ID column to auto increment seed=1 increment=1 but the problem is i couldn't figure out how to update this ID column with zero value set to each row with this auto increment values so the ID column would have values from 1-50. Is there a away to do this?
Ok,I just need to know how to get the last record inserted by the highestIDENTITY number. Even if the computer was rebooted and it was twoweeks ago. (Does not have to do with the session).Any help is appreciated.Thanks,Trint
I am trying to calculate the the running total but also tried to reset to reset to zero based on a value of a column.
here I am trying to calculate the value of CalcVal column based on column Flag value...actually it is running total but it reset to zero if Flag value is 0.
Here is the example of data along with required column
I'm working with a third-party database (SQL Server 2005) and the problem here is the following:
- There are a bunch of ETL processes that needs to insert rows on a table (let's call this table T) and at the same time, an ERP (owner of T) is up and running (reading, updating and inserting on T).
- The PK of T is an Integer.
Today all ETL processes uses (select max(ID) + 1 from T) to insert new rows, so just picture the scenario. It is a mess! Everyday they get duplicate key error when 2 or more concurrent processes are trying to insert a row (with the max) at the same time.
Considering that I can't change the PK, what is the best approach to solve this problem?
To sum up:
* I need to have processes in parallel inserting on T
The requirement is to have a table say 'child_table', with an Identity column to refer another column from a table say 'Parent_table'..
i cannot implement this constraint, it throws the error when i execute the below Alter query,
ALTER TABLE child_table ADD CONSTRAINT fk_1_ct FOREIGN KEY (child_id) REFERENCES parent_table (parent_id) ON DELETE CASCADE
the error thrown is : Failed to execute alter table query: 'ALTER TABLE child_table ADD CONSTRAINT fk_1_ct FOREIGN KEY (child_id) REFERENCES parent_table (parent_id) ON DELETE CASCADE '. Message: java.sql.SQLException: Cascading foreign key 'fk_1_ct' cannot be created where the referencing column 'child_table.child_id' is an identity column.
Hi guys, If I have a temporary table called #CTE With the columns [Account] [Name] [RowID Table Level] [RowID Data Level] and I need to change the column type for the columns: [RowID Table Level] [RowID Data Level] to integer, and set the column [RowID Table Level] as Identity (index) starting from 1, incrementing 1 each time. What will be the right syntax using SQL SERVER 2000?
I am trying to solve the question in the link below: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=2093921&SiteID=1
Thanks in advance, Aldo.
I have tried the code below, but getting syntax error...
ALTER TABLE #CTE ALTER COLUMN [RowID Table Level] INT IDENTITY(1,1), [RowID Data Level] INT;
I have also tried:
ALTER TABLE #CTE MODIFY [RowID Table Level] INT IDENTITY(1,1), [RowID Data Level] INT;
Hello; My Memebership table has Guid column as Primary key. But I would like to add Auto numbering Identity column to this table. Is this idea OK or it will bring some problems? Thank you in advance for your help
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
I have been trying to get the new sol_id that is added so I can use it in other code, but it is only returning 0. The new record is getting added to the table, but my varaiable myNewSolID is 0 in my response.write(myNewSolID) I appeaciate any help! Here is my steored procedure and my code: ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[AddTrackings]
@DropDate datetime, @Comment nvarchar(100), @DateEntered datetime, @EnteredBy nvarchar(50), @Sol_ID Int OUTPUT AS INSERT INTO tblTrackings (DropDate, Comment, DateEntered, EnteredBy)
Dim ConnectStr As String = _ ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings("2ConnectionString").ConnectionString
Dim MySQL As String = ""
If Me.chkDropSave.Checked Then MySQL = "AddTrackings" Dim MyConn As New SqlConnection(ConnectStr) Dim Cmd As New SqlCommand(MySQL, MyConn) Cmd.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure Dim InsertedInteger As New SqlParameter("@Sol_ID", SqlDbType.Int) InsertedInteger.Direction = ParameterDirection.Output Cmd.Parameters.Add(InsertedInteger)
Dim MySqlParamStart As New SqlParameter("@DropDate", SqlDbType.DateTime) Cmd.Parameters.Add(MySqlParamStart) MySqlParamStart.Value = Me.BasicDatePickerDropDate.SelectedValue
Dim MySqlParamAmtTo As New SqlParameter("@Comment", SqlDbType.NVarChar, 100) Cmd.Parameters.Add(MySqlParamAmtTo) MySqlParamAmtTo.Value = Me.txtComment.Text