Hello:
I have a table with a bigint type column (field) that has an identity seed
of 1 and an identity increment of 1. The column is the primary key for the
table.
After I backup and clean out the database (delete all of the data in the DB)
I need to have the column with the identiy seed/increment value reset to 1
automatically. (start counting at 1 again). How does one do that, because
as it is now, the DB keeps increasing the value of the column from where it
left off, regardless of the fact that I deleted all of the data in the
table.
I'm still in the development stage and am frequently deleting all data from all tables and then filling those tables anew. However, the increment seed for identifying fields doesn't reset to 1 (or 0--not sure which). While not important for operation of the database, I would prefer that the field identifiers start with 1 when I am ready to release the database for operation. Is there a way to do this?
I can generate scripts to rebuild the database structure to do this, but scripts aren't generated for database diagrams and the graphical representation of the table structure is very useful.
Ok - I have two tables that are relational. I have been inserted data into the tables because of testing. I also have been deleting data. My question is how do I reset the auto-incremented Primary key values. For example: Primary key of table one is bizID. Well there are only 3 record currently in the table. The bizIDs are 1-3. If I insert another record the bizID will be 88 because that was the next auto-incremented number. I obviously deleted the other records. I want to start the primary key value over from zero. How do I accomplish this? thnks
Can Ne1 tell me how to reset the auto increment colum of a table in the Microsoft Data Engine??, Does ne1 know where to find a free MSDE administration utility.
In my application , DB has a large table. I write a small program to clear the table whenever the size of table is over 50 MB. At that time , I want to reset identity as 1. How can I do that? Currently , my program delete old table and generate a new one with the same schema when the table is too large.But this is kind of ugly.
Obviously to delete all records from DB table is simple, however, I would like to make my whole Live DB pretty much empty. I've copied all my data from my test DB over to my live DB (didn't mean to but I did). I would like to remove all the data and the identity values, resetting them back at their original values. Is there a simple way or do I have to do it the hard way. That being going in and removing Identity, saving and then placing identity back on the DB Table.
i have a table with the following fiels , Column NameDataType Sno intIdentity = Yes , Identity Speed =1 , Identity Increament =1 namechar
Now i entered data and coneected to database, worked.Now after cheking all the data entered with the form , now i have to send the table to client place. The problem is , the sno column has the value which i entered last. now if i delete all records , then also the record no doesnot become 0. what i have to do, to set the sno column to 1 again.
I have a table with Identity column starting from value 1 and autoincrementing 1 for every new value. I inserted (5) rows and then deleted these rows. But, when i insert a new row, it was taking the last identity value(5)and inserting the rows with next identity value i.e., 6 for this column. I dont want that. Everytime, I delete and insert rows in to this table.I wanted the rows to start with 1 for this column.
Changing the seed and increment values on the identity column
- CREATE TABLE MyCustomers (CustID INTEGER IDENTITY (100,1) PRIMARY KEY, CompanyName NvarChar (50)) - INSERT INTO MyCustomers (CompanyName) VALUES ('A. Datum Corporation') - ALTER TABLE MyCustomers ALTER COLUMN CustId IDENTITY (200, 2) When i excute the Alter command, following error comes:"Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'IDENTITY'."I've picked the example from SQL SERVER 2005 books online.Please let me know if we can change the seed value on the identity column from a sql command.
I have a test database that is being moved to the production server. Currently in one of the tables I have an identity seed for each record. Is there a way to reset it back to zero. I have deleted all my records but it still doesnt work, and I dont want to create a new table.
Is there a way to delete all items from a table that has an identity column and to reset the counter for all new insertions so that they begin at '1' again?
I have a remote DB I am wokring with at present. The DBA has provided me with a non owner LOGIN so I can't copy tables from the live to the staged DB as objects I can only copy tables and data.
The PKEY and IDENTITY COLUMNS get reset to just regular columns on each table. I can restore the PKEY constraint and have come across the DBCC CHECKIDENT to get the new ident value. I just can't figure out how to set a column to be an identity. The ALTER TABLE command isn't having any of it.
I am obviously missing the right bit on Books online
I have a demo database in SqlCE that I am getting ready to deploy. I deleted a bunch of test records and now want to reset the identity columns. The compact method runs fine, but the identity columns are not being reset? So when I add a new record, the returned identity value is over 1,000 even though the highest value is only 50.
I is true that SQL-Server use lower values than last integer value (in auto incremet field). Is there option that i could prevent that. So the Server would always put + 1 for the auto increment value.
If delete all the records from a table that has an incremental identity. Is there a TSQL way of reset the first number on an insert back to be 1 again without going to the table taking it off then saving it the putting it back on again?
Hello, I need some help writing a script to generate Identity keys. I cannot use the row number generator because I would like to start the identity at a package level variable. Is this possible? Thank you in advance
HiI have a Jobs Table: Job_ID,User_ID,Job_Info,...Job_ID is the Primary Key.I want to add [Job_ID_PerUser] so I wiil get:Job_ID Job_ID_PerUser User_ID1 1 A2 1 B3 1 C4 2 A5 3 A6 2 CThanks
Iam trying to add a column to an existing table that would be an "identifier". I called it "ReadingNumber" and selected Identity "Yes" and "Identity increment" as 1. When I add it, it just gives the rows random numbers instead of by the order they were inserted into the database by.....is there a way to autonumber the columns correctly? I have a COLUMN called Date and also one called Time that have the date and Time, but the format is char. Would I have to convert the date time columns into something SQL understands, sort them ASC or DESC and then do the Identity column add? Thanks for any help
I am creating an a stored procedure which could insert new records, the identity of the primary key in my table is not incremented. i want to increment the id when adding a new record in the stored procedure. what would be the system for that?
I know that TRUNCATE TABLE can be used to reset the identity counter, but it can't be used on a table referenced by a foreign key. Anybody knows how to do that? Thanks.
I have created a table that generates a sequential id and a stored procedure that will return that id. The trouble is no matter what I set the Seed or Increment values to, the id will always start with #1 and increment by 1.
My table is BILLING_TIME_ID Identity field BT_GEN_ID (SEED 200, INCREMENT 1)
The sp is as follows: CREATE PROCEDURE BT_NEXT_ID AS INSERT dbo.BILLING_TIME_ID DEFAULT VALUES select count (*) from dbo.BILLING_TIME_ID GO I have double checked that Identity_Insert is set to off for this table. (does this default to off unless it is set to on?) Since there is only 1 field in the table, I don`t have any indexes set.
Hi, for some reason I want to have a unique ID with a seed and random Identity increment (I want an ascending ID's but without able to know how many objects there are).
Hi, How to Change Increment Value for existing Identity Column (MS SQL2000) ?
I know how to change the seed : DBCC CHECKIDENT (activity, RESEED,4233596)
but I need the future id generated with step 2 4233596 4233598 4233600 I would like to do it using T-sql because I will need to do it every day after syncronising with another SQL server .
I've been thrown a curve ball late in the game on an application I'm developing. Without getting into the specifics of the application I store a unique employee ID number for all person records in it. This ID is provided to us by the companies we're servicing. Up until this point in time we didn't have need of an externally visable ID other than the one provided to us. Now, a need for an internally generated (by our application) unique ID has been discovered. This number needs to be a minimum 5 digits (e.x. 10001, 10002, ....). I could achieve this nicely by seeding an identity column at 10000 with an increment of 1. However, I've alredy made different settings for this and there are records in the db with the old ones.
My question is: If I initially set the seed / increment at 1/1 can I change this after the fact without causing data integrity problems. Will all subsequent insertions into this table just start at the new values?
Or, ideally I'd like to create a new column seperate from the PK Identity column already in place that serves the same function, incrementing a 5 digit number by 1 for each new record. Seems that you're only allowed one identity column per table though. Is there another way to achieve get the same result as identity?
