Fun with IDENTITY - Part I

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Fun with IDENTITY - Part I

Nakul Vachhrajani

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September 28, 2010 at 8:35 pm

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sknox SSChampion Points: 12388 More actions · Answer 1

Good question. It would have been more difficult if there had been an option for 1-Boston;2-New Delhi

Dhruvesh Shah SSCrazy Points: 2303 More actions · Answer 2

Agree. i thought that it's testing for identity column values. but still good question.

UMG Developer SSChampion Points: 13482 More actions · Answer 3

I agree, nice question, but it would have been even better with a fourth option: 1-Boston;2-New Delhi

Without that option it was really a test of transactions, not of IDENTITY. (Maybe that was the point to through people off the scent?) 😉

Chris Houghton SSCrazy Points: 2557 More actions · Answer 4

Agreed, I was expecting it to be a trick question. A 2 New Delhi option would've made it less obvious. It is still good to be reminded that the identity column counter doesn't revert to the previous value when a transaction affecting it is rolled back.

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jts2013 Hall of Fame Points: 3226 More actions · Answer 5

I was looking for the catch - nice that for once it wasn't a trick question!

DugyC Hall of Fame Points: 3804 More actions · Answer 6

Good question but, regardless of whether it was a "deception" or to "throw people off the scent", the lesson was lost in the absence of the fourth option for "1 Boston, 2 New Delhi".

Just seems like a trick was missed, I imagine a lot of people may have gone for this fourth option and when it was pointed out they were wrong they'd learn more because they were focus'ed on why they got it wrong.

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ziangij SSCrazy Eights Points: 8066 More actions · Answer 7

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September 29, 2010 at 2:38 am

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thanks... got to learn something new today.. .:-)

NickDBA Hall of Fame Points: 3792 More actions · Answer 8

Interesting to see in action that uncommitted transactions still affect the identity values. Nice.

cengland0 SSCertifiable Points: 6102 More actions · Answer 9

jts_2003 (9/29/2010)
I was looking for the catch - nice that for once it wasn't a trick question!

Same here. I'm always looking for typos or some other trick.

Nice to see a straight-forward question for a change.

SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 10

Thanks for the question.

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Mike Is Here Hall of Fame Points: 3348 More actions · Answer 11

UMG Developer (9/28/2010)
I agree, nice question, but it would have been even better with a fourth option: 1-Boston;2-New Delhi
Without that option it was really a test of transactions, not of IDENTITY. (Maybe that was the point to through people off the scent?) 😉

Agreed, reading the question I was thinking would New Delhi be 2 or 3. When 2 was not an option that answer was clear.

sjimmo SSChampion Points: 11139 More actions · Answer 12

Good question - after the fun with transactions, nobody should have gotten this one wrong:-P

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SanjayAttray SSChampion Points: 13157 More actions · Answer 13

Easy one. With Begin and Rollback Transaction included in question it's easy to select correct answer.

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Daniel Bowlin SSC-Dedicated Points: 34566 More actions · Answer 14

It's nice to get a QoTD once in a while without a trick. Nice question.