July 11, 2014 at 10:13 am
Hello,
I am trying to update the existing identity field as I want to increment the values and import into the same table in another database.
I have tried turning the identity seed off, then back on and vice versa and it still will not let me update the fields.
I have also removed the primary key. I am testing this is not a production db, below are the scripts I have attempted so far.
SET IDENTITY_INSERT PO OFF
UPDATE PO
SET PONumber = PONumber + 3000
SET IDENTITY_INSERT PO ON
Can someone help me with some insight.
Thank You
Larry
July 11, 2014 at 10:37 am
duncanlarry (7/11/2014)
Hello,I am trying to update the existing identity field as I want to increment the values and import into the same table in another database.
I have tried turning the identity seed off, then back on and vice versa and it still will not let me update the fields.
I have also removed the primary key. I am testing this is not a production db, below are the scripts I have attempted so far.
SET IDENTITY_INSERT PO OFF
UPDATE PO
SET PONumber = PONumber + 3000
SET IDENTITY_INSERT PO ON
Can someone help me with some insight.
Thank You
Larry
You can't just update the values like that. I would suggest you add your 3000 when you copy this to your other database.
insert YourOtherDatabase.YourOtherTable
select PONumber + 3000, YourOtherColumns
etc...
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