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.
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, 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 have a indexing problem. I have a sequence that needs to has a index number. I want to use a table data type and have a working sample BUT I cannot reseed the table when needed. How do I do this.
This works only for the first ExitCoilID then I need to RESEED.
I am importing SQL 2000 tables from a developer install of SQL 2000. There are no destination tables to append just new tables being brought in.
I use the All Tasks > Import (DTS) service to do this. I have noticed that the Identity columns do not maintain the Identity attributes. I have to reset them after I import new tables. Is this normal? or is there a bug here?
I checked the MS KB with no success. Anyone have some info on this?
Using Management Studio, when I import data from one identical database to another, any identity specifications get dropped from the destination database.
(From columns which have them on the source database and which had them on the destination database.)
Hi everyone,I encountered an error "Need to run the object to perform this operationCode execution exception: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION" When I try to import data from Oracle to MS SQL Server with EnterpriseManager (version 8.0) using DTS Import/Export Wizard. There are 508 rowsin Oracle table and I did get first 42 rows imported to SQL Server.Anyone knows what does the above error message mean and what causes therest of the row failed importing?Thanks very much in advance!Rene Z.--Posted via http://dbforums.com
I have a spreadsheet that has all of the data in the first column. The data is delimited by asterisks and there are no column headings. My goal is to import the data into a SQL table. I get the error message "External table is not in the expected format" when I try to select the name of the Excel sheet in the Excel Source Editor. I tried reading using a flat file connection instead of Excel connection, but that didn't work.
In Excel, I can use the Text to Columns feature to convert the data to columns in the spreadsheet. But I have to go into the file manually to do that. Is there a way in SSIS to do the same thing automatically? Or is there a way to save the XLS as a TXT file? Then, I could just use Flat File Connection to read the delimited data.
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;
I am trying to import a table from a remote database which has a new column added, which I want along with the rest of the data. When I try doing the import via the wizard (Tasks -> Import Data...), the option to drop and re-create the destination table is disabled. Under "Mappings", the newly added column appears as the last row, but for the Destination column, it says "<ignore>" and presents no other option.
How can I bring this new column over? I've checked the table via the dependency viewer, there are no objects which depend on it and no objects on which it depends.
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 am trying to import data from an excel file. One of the columns contains textual information with linefeeds. Its length is greater than 255 characters. I am having trouble with truncation of the data. Is there a limitation I am running into? Is there a work around?
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?
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?
I am using SQL Server 2005 Mobile Edition & Merge Replication
in this I want to insert a record into table, in that table I have taken UserID coloumn as auto incrementing Identity type.
In a book I read that, If you are using an Identity column, you must find the next available number and reseed before an insert can be successful. You will also have to set up ranged identity columns on the published database to prevent errors when the new data is merged.
Now I want to ask here that, how should I ressed that value before inserting?????
any help in a form of CODe will be appriciated.....
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.
