Hi, I am having problem in bulk update of a sql server table haning identity column from a datatable( has no identity column) using sqlbulkcopy. I tried several approaches, but it does not show any error nor is the table getting updated. But the identity value seems to getting increased every time. thanks. varun
Hi guys, If I have a temporary table called #CTE With the columns [Account] [Name] [RowID Table Level] [RowID Data Level] and I need to change the column type for the columns: [RowID Table Level] [RowID Data Level] to integer, and set the column [RowID Table Level] as Identity (index) starting from 1, incrementing 1 each time. What will be the right syntax using SQL SERVER 2000?
I am trying to solve the question in the link below: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=2093921&SiteID=1
Thanks in advance, Aldo.
I have tried the code below, but getting syntax error...
ALTER TABLE #CTE ALTER COLUMN [RowID Table Level] INT IDENTITY(1,1), [RowID Data Level] INT;
I have also tried:
ALTER TABLE #CTE MODIFY [RowID Table Level] INT IDENTITY(1,1), [RowID Data Level] INT;
The requirement is to have a table say 'child_table', with an Identity column to refer another column from a table say 'Parent_table'..
i cannot implement this constraint, it throws the error when i execute the below Alter query,
ALTER TABLE child_table ADD CONSTRAINT fk_1_ct FOREIGN KEY (child_id) REFERENCES parent_table (parent_id) ON DELETE CASCADE
the error thrown is : Failed to execute alter table query: 'ALTER TABLE child_table ADD CONSTRAINT fk_1_ct FOREIGN KEY (child_id) REFERENCES parent_table (parent_id) ON DELETE CASCADE '. Message: java.sql.SQLException: Cascading foreign key 'fk_1_ct' cannot be created where the referencing column 'child_table.child_id' is an identity column.
when i alter non identity column to identity column using this Query alter table testid alter column test int identity(1,1) then i got this error message Msg 156, Level 15, State 1, Line 3 Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'identity'.
I have fixed length records (167 bytes) in a .txt file and want to loadthis data exactly as is into a staging table where I hope to be able tolater get at selected columns using the SUBSTRING function. Here is mytarget table:CREATE TABLE JJA_BCP_NHO_DAT (RecID int IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL, Data VARCHAR(167) NOT NULL)Here is my bcp command:bcp DevMDW.dbo.JJA_BCP_NHO_DAT inN:RawData_MDSPurchaseUnzipArea2005_08_Aug_0149 7407.txt -f bcp.fmtHere is the .fmt file:8.011 SQLCHAR 0 167 "" 2Data SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_ASHere are the first 3 lines of data in the .txt file (note how 1st 2bytes are blank; last 2 bytes of each record are 78, 79, 80):02160168C013CMA20050819 328UUU AGAWAM 36422005072901001 BERKSHIREBANK 25013 7801940155C001 MA20050805 254UUU AGAWAM 28072005071801001 WEBSTERBANK 25013 7902350188C014CMA20050729 067UUU AGAWAM 24812005070701001 FIRSTPIONEER FARM CR 25013 80The bcp command runs OK but the output is "shifted" in the columncalled DATA in the table. The IDENTITY column looks good in all rows,but only the first row is OK in the DATA column. Starting in the 2ndrow, all bytes are truncated or shifted by what appears to be 2characters. This is hard to show with pasting results but I ran thisquery:SET ROWCOUNT 10SELECT RecID, SUBSTRING(Data,1,10) as FirstTen, SUBSTRING(Data,158,10) as LastTen, DATALENGTH(DATA) AS LEN_Data FROM JJA_BCP_NHO_DAT1 02160168 25013 781672 019401 25013 167379 0235CR 250116743 80 01 CO 251675013 80 CORP 167625013 80 REG SYS 1677 25013 98ANK 1678 25013 VGS BK 1679 2501 21 MTG CO16710RP 25RYWIDE HOM167Every line in the .txt file ends after column 167 with x'0d0a'. I'vetried a field terminator of and that produces this error:SQLState = S1000, NativeError = 0Error = [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver]Unexpected EOF encounteredin BCP data-fileThanks in advance for some help on this.
I'm looking for a way to use SSRS to display the contents of a returned dataset with 1-n columns. The number of columns is unknown at design time and the datasetview is using a stored procedure with 1 parameter to return the data. Does any one know if RDL supports wildcard(*) characters for field names or if there is another method.
I have this working via a web based custom aspx page but it would be VERY helpful to utilize all the document conversion features the SSRS reports provide via the web.
I am trying to create a temp table with an identity column. Here is the code that I am using...
SELECT UserId, IDENTITY(int, 1, 1) AS colId INTO #User FROM MyUserTable WHERE UserId = 1
I am getting an error though.
Server: Msg 8108, Level 16, State 1, Line 9 Cannot add identity column, using the SELECT INTO statement, to table '#User', which already has column 'UserId' that inherits the identity property.
for some unknow reasons.. my store proc stop working.. and i got an error.. i have installaed the latest SP4 for SQL server 2000 and still have the problem !any ideas why ?? Message "An explicit value for the identity column in table 'LCMS_Modules' can only be specified when a column list is used and IDENTITY_INSERT is ON."CREATE procedure LCMS_Modules_Add @PageID int, @ModuleDefID int, @Panename nvarchar(32), @Title nvarchar(128), @Admins nvarchar(256) as insert into LCMS_Modulesvalues(@PageID, @ModuleDefID, 99, @Panename, @Title, '0;', @Admins, 0, '', 'Center', '', '', '', 1, 0)GO
INSERT Table1 (UserName, Description) SELECT * FROM TABLE2
results in the error erver: Msg 515, Level 16, State 2, Line 2 Cannot insert the value NULL into column 'Id', table 'CDS_Live.dbo.Table1'; column does not allow nulls. INSERT fails. The statement has been terminated.
I was under the impression that an identity column would be automatically inserted by SQL server. Now I know I could write a piece of anonymous Transact SQL which declares a cursor by selecting all rows from table 2 and inserting rows into table 1 on a row by row basis, but is there any way I could do the Insert with a single INSERT statement?
HI,I have an SQL Server table with only 1 column. That column is anidentity column. How can I insert a row in this table using SQLsyntax?I tried insertinto T_tableName () values ()and a few other options, but I can't seem to get it to insert.ThanksAlain
I've got a table with 36+ million rows. I've been asked to modify thetable and add in an identity column. The code I used caused SQL tolock up and it maxed out the log files. :)The code I used is:Begin TransactionAlter Table ODS_DAILY_SALES_POSADD ODS_DAILY_SALES_POS_ID BigInt NOT NULL IDENTITY (1,1)CommitIs there a way to break up the code? Maybe only do a few millionrecords at a time? Or is there a way to do this without lockinganything up?Thanks,Jennifer
In a cursor, I declare a table variable like so: DECLARE @TempTable TABLE(RowID INT IDENTITY, valueID int) I then insert into that table from another table. The purpose is to get a list that looks like this after the insert: RowID valueID1 348972 345223 94822 etc.... However, the next time through my loop (cursor) I want to restart my RowID identity property, because the next batch of valueID's should then again have a RowID starting from 1. I tried delete from @TempTable DBCC CHECKIDENT(@TempTable , RESEED, 0) but I get 'Must declare the variable @TempTable table' error. Is there a way to destroy and recreate that @TempTable variable?
Whenever I import (or even append from another table) data to a table that has an Identity column, I get an error: Cannot insert NULL values in Identity column.
Isn't the Idenity column supposed to incement automatically without me having to provide a value? Using INSERT provides an Identity value automatically, using import however doesn't.
How can I overcome this problem? (I now delete and recreate the Identity column - really BAD practice!) Thank you.
I'm having difficulty bulk-copying a data file, using a format file, into a SQLServer 6.5 table with an identity column. The data file is tab-delimited, and does not include the identity column (I want it to be automatically generated).
When I execute the following:
bcp DB1.dbo.WORK_TABLE in WorkTable.txt -Usa -P -fWorkTable.fmt -SSERVERX'
I receive this message:
Starting copy... BCP copy in failed
I've had no problems loading a similar table without the identity column.
Can anybody help? Here is the table definition & bcp format:
I have a file I'm trying to do some non-set-based processing with. Inorder to make sure I keep the order of the results, I want to BULKINSERT into a temp table with an identity column. The spec says thatyou should be able to use either KEEPIDENTITY or KEEPNULLS, but I can'tget it to work. For once, I have full code - just add any file of yourchoice that doesn't have commas/tabs. :)Any suggestions, folks?--create table ##Holding_Tank ( full_record varchar(500)) -- thisworkscreate table ##Holding_Tank (id int identity(1,1) primary key,full_record varchar(500)) --that doesn't workBULK INSERT ##Holding_TankFROM "d: elnet_scriptspsaxresult.txt"WITH(TABLOCK,KEEPIDENTITY,KEEPNULLS,MAXERRORS = 0)select * from ##Holding_tank
I cannot insert into my appointments table because the primary key and identity column, appt_id, cannot be added. What do I have to change in my SQL statement to add new records into this table? I'm using SQL Server 2000 BE with Access Data Project FE.tbl_appointment-------------------1. appt_id (pk) --- identity column, seed 25, increment 12. date_id3. time_start4. time_end5. appt_details6. lkp_emp_idPrivate Sub btnAddAppts_Click()On Error GoTo Err_btnAddAppts_ClickDim strsql As StringDoCmd.SetWarnings Falsestrsql = "INSERT INTO [tbl_appointments] (lkp_emp_id, date_id, time_start, time_end, appt_details) values ('" & txtLkpEmpID & "', '" & txtDateID & "', '" & txtStartTime & "', '" & txtEndTime & "', '" & txtApptDetails & "')"DoCmd.RunSQL strsqlDoCmd.SetWarnings TrueDoCmd.CloseExit_btnAddAppts_Click:Exit SubErr_btnAddAppts_Click:MsgBox Err.DescriptionResume Exit_btnAddAppts_ClickEnd Sub I did check through Access and through Enterprise Manager and it is setup correctly. So I returned all rows in enterprise manager to manually enter an appointment to the table. I get the same error when doing data-entry straight to the table. [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]Cannot update identity column 'appt_id'. It does not automatically populate the appt_id field the way it's supposed to. When I try to manually set a value in there, i get an error: "Cannot edit this cell."
Is it possible to insert the identity cloumn in a table via SSIS. I've an ID (Identity) column is a table and I am importing data in the table using Excel sheet. I want to insert the value of ID column as Identity(1,1).
I removed all constraints in order to load a bunch of data into a table, now I'm wondering if I can add an identity column to this table which does contain data or if I have to create a new table with the identity column and insert the data into that.
Hello, I have a problem. I am trying to pull data out of one system and bring it into a SQL Server database for faster retrieval. The original table does not have an identity column and has a composite primary key. The table I am inserting the data into matches the original table exactly except I have an Identity column that I need for the removal of duplicates. The task gets to the final commit and then fails telling me that it can't insert a NULL into an identity field. Why is it trying to insert a NULL, the field should be auto-populating. I did add the Identity field to the table after the SSIS package was already built, but I did go into the destination and fix the column mappings. For the Identity column I just selected the "skip" option or whatever it was. Why are the identities not being auto-inserted and why is SSIS throwing this error?
Hi, I need to insert data into a table using data flow task. Unfortunately this table's priamry key column (integer column) is not identity column. I am looking a way to get the primary key value for the new records. Please advice. Thanks
I am working with a table in SQL server. I have a column that I want to designateas an identity column. I am not able to do this, because the field for "Identity Specification" is not editiable. What I did was I went to sql server, right clicked and selected "Modify".The column properties dialog box/edit grid is then displayed with attributesthat I can modify. There are two major nodes in this dialog box. One is named "General" and the otheris named "Table Designer". I expand the "Table Designer" node and then go to the node labeled "Identity Specification" It is here where I would like to edit thevalues. The values that are listed for edit are listed below. BUT, the problem is thatI can place my cursor in those fields, but I am not able to change/edit them.Can anyone tell me what the problem is here? and how I can fix it? +Identity Specification (Is Identity) Identity Increment Identity Seed
I have a table with an Identity Column set up. I also have an index on the table that is set to Ignore Duplicate. Identity starts at 1 and is incremented by 1.
So first 5 rows inserted get identity
1
2
3
4
5
If I insert rows that get ignored because of the index with Ignore Duplicate, it is ignored correctly. But, the next row to get inserted will have an identity value of 7.
So, even though the insert was ignored because of the index with Ignore Duplicate, the Identity column was incremented behind the scenes.
Hi, I am using data flow task to load data with the source as text file to sql server table with identity column. After mapping all the columns except identity column, when I execute, the package failing saying it can not insert null value into identity column. I donno how to get around with it ???? Thnaks, V
We want to add a new int identity column as a primary key to an already existing table that has a primary key on Guid. Here is the DDL:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[VRes]( [VResID] [uniqueidentifier] NOT NULL, [Mes] [varchar](max) NOT NULL, [PID] [uniqueidentifier] NOT NULL, [Segt] [int] NOT NULL,
[code]....
Also we currently have 3 million rows on this table. Is having an integer column as identity column and primary key better or shd I consider using BigInt?
Hello; My Memebership table has Guid column as Primary key. But I would like to add Auto numbering Identity column to this table. Is this idea OK or it will bring some problems? Thank you in advance for your help
