how to rest identity columns in sql server
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Answer / muthu kumar
create table t(id int identity(seed,increment))
where seed is starting number and increment is number to be
incremented.
create table t(id int identity(1,1),name varchar(50))
so the id will be start with 1 and will be incremented 1 by
1 each time when record is get insered
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Answer / adhi
USE AdventureWorks;
GO
DBCC CHECKIDENT ("HumanResources.Employee", RESEED, 300);
GO
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Answer / yvbchowdary
The identity is similar to squence object in oracle. syntax
for identity column is
<column-name> <data type> identity(start value,increment)
ex:
empno int identity(100,2)
suppose if u want to add an odd value i.e, 50; u can also
add
first execute IDENTITY_INSERT ON
and then u can insert whatever values u want. then again
execute IDENTITY_INSERT OFF
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