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How to Reset an Identity Seed in Microsoft SQL

Sometimes, as when testing a table in a Microsoft SQL Server database, you need to reset an identity column to its initial seed value, typically one. During testing, you populate the table with data, ...
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Inserting specific values into an identity column with SQL

Arthur Fuller explores the value of identity columns and the usefulness of their arbitrary values and discusses ways to use SQL Server 2000's IDENTITY_INSERT setting. Despite your numerous ...
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SQL INSERT w/ IDENTITY Columns

Hopefully an easy question. -- View image here: http://episteme.arstechnica.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif --<br><br>I have two tables:<br><br>Table1<br ...
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SQL Server Identity Crisis

[projectNumber] [int] IDENTITY (2000, 1) NOT NULL , [projectYear] [char] (2) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NOT NULL , [description] [varchar] (255) COLLATE SQL ...
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SQL Server 2022: Here’s what you need to know

SQL Server 2022: Here’s what you need to know Your email has been sent Three decades on, SQL Server is still a database workhorse that powers both an internal line of business applications and ...