Reset Identity Columns for Tables Using Them

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Reset Identity Columns for Tables Using Them

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September 23, 2007 at 5:22 am

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kuldipMCA Old Hand Points: 328 More actions · Answer 1

but what about current data in the Table

what we do for this data ?

any solution because we set primary key for the identity column

so what happned for that thing ?

Ron McCullough SSC Guru Points: 63877 More actions · Answer 2

For a full understanding of the DBCC CHECKIDENT command read Books On Line (BOL) at:

ms-help://MS.SQLCC.v9/MS.SQLSVR.v9.en/tsqlref9/html/2c00ee51-2062-4e47-8b19-d90f524c6427.htm

paying particular attention to what might happed if you use the command improperly ...

If the table is not empty, setting the identity value to a number less than the maximum value in the identity column can result in one of the following conditions:
If a PRIMARY KEY or UNIQUE constraint exists on the identity column, error message 2627 will be generated on later insert operations into the table because the generated identity value will conflict with existing values.
If a PRIMARY KEY or UNIQUE constraint does not exist, later insert operations will result in duplicate identity values.

If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.

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kuldipMCA Old Hand Points: 328 More actions · Answer 3

That's right but then

what is the use of the set indentity ?

if we set it to max no value in the table.

so there no change in the table after or before this command.

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kuldip.bhatt (1/20/2009)
That's right but then
what is the use of the set indentity ?
if we set it to max no value in the table.
so there no change in the table after or before this command.

are you referring to SET IDENTITY_INSERT ON? This is used to explicitly insert a specific value in the identity column.

Also what are you reffering to max value in the table? The max value is determined by the capacity of underlying datatype used for the identity column. If you use bigint instead of int, you can have more number of identity values.

Pradeep Singh

kuldipMCA Old Hand Points: 328 More actions · Answer 5

I know Indentity_Insert = On .

my questiion is

Suppose there is one table and it has one primary key it's type is Integer.

currrenlty this table has 20 rows but it's last indentity value is 60.

then i use this dbcc command or not use it will be insert the next row

at 61 am right or wrong ?

then what is the use of this DBCC COmmand that i my Question ?

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kuldip.bhatt (1/20/2009)
my questiion is
Suppose there is one table and it has one primary key it's type is Integer.
currrenlty this table has 20 rows but it's last indentity value is 60.
then i use this dbcc command or not use it will be insert the next row
at 61 am right or wrong ?
then what is the use of this DBCC COmmand that i my Question ?

Yes it'll get the value 61 (if the increment is set to 1).

You can use dbcc to find the current identity value and current column value and reseed the current identity value to a new value of your choice or need.

In your case, assuming the identity column has gaps (say 20,21,22,23) and you fire DBCC checkident('mytable', reseed, 20), the next time you try to insert any row in the table, it'll start with 21

Pls go through the following test...

create table #t

(

col1 bigint identity(1,1),

col2 varchar(10)

)

-- run the below query 6 times

insert into #t(col2)

select 'a'

union all

select 'a'

union all

select 'a'

union all

select 'a'

delete from #t where col1 between 20 and 25

dbcc checkident("#t")

--output

Checking identity information: current identity value '29', current column value '29'.

DBCC execution completed. If DBCC printed error messages, contact your system administrator.

-- now reseeding the identity column

dbcc checkident("#t",reseed,20)

--output

Checking identity information: current identity value '29', current column value '20'.

DBCC execution completed. If DBCC printed error messages, contact your system administrator.

-- again start inserting into the table

it'll start from 21..... and will create duplicates if there are existing values.

Hope this clarifies...

Pradeep Singh

kuldipMCA Old Hand Points: 328 More actions · Answer 7

Thanks I understand what u said ok

so if Primary key then there no solution for the DBCC COmmand

but you can insert duplicate value in the table.

One more Question it that i had some problem

facing

i can't use Order by in Sub Query.

is there any mechansium that i use order by desc and top in the sub Query

if u know then tell me...

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kuldip.bhatt (1/20/2009)
so if Primary key then there no solution for the DBCC COmmand

I dont think i understood what you mean here...

i can't use Order by in Sub Query.
is there any mechansium that i use order by desc and top in the sub Query

You can use both ORDER BY and TOP in a sub query. You can also use only TOP in the subquery. You cannot use only ORDER BY in a subquery.

Quoting from BOL

When ORDER BY is used in the definition of a view, inline function, derived table, or subquery, the clause is used only to determine the rows returned by the TOP clause. The ORDER BY clause does not guarantee ordered results when these constructs are queried, unless ORDER BY is also specified in the query itself.

Pradeep Singh

kuldipMCA Old Hand Points: 328 More actions · Answer 9

Thanks for Support and answering my Question.

i got the solution for the Order by in sub Query ok thanks.