Problem: Identity seed

I have an Identity field in a table with many records. Since the database is
corrupt, I recreated the table and loaded the original data back into the
new table.
I want to make sure the Identity field keep incrementing its value from the
max value instead of starting from 1 again.
Here is what I did:
Before I loading the data, I set the IDENTITY_INSERT ON and set it off when
the data was loaded. However, the new records' identity field value still
start
from the 1. :-(
I don't want to change the identity seed (it must be "1"). Is there any
other way I can achieve the goal?
Thanks a lot,
LXYou can use IDENTITY_INSERT ON, load your data, turn it OFF and then reset
the seed to the max, using DBCC CHECKIDENT.
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Tom
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Thomas A. Moreau, BSc, PhD, MCSE, MCDBA
SQL Server MVP
Columnist, SQL Server Professional
Toronto, ON Canada
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"FLX" <nospam@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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I have an Identity field in a table with many records. Since the database is
corrupt, I recreated the table and loaded the original data back into the
new table.
I want to make sure the Identity field keep incrementing its value from the
max value instead of starting from 1 again.
Here is what I did:
Before I loading the data, I set the IDENTITY_INSERT ON and set it off when
the data was loaded. However, the new records' identity field value still
start
from the 1. :-(
I don't want to change the identity seed (it must be "1"). Is there any
other way I can achieve the goal?
Thanks a lot,
LX|||No. What you're trying to do is in violation of the use of an identity
column. Its sole purpose is to increment a value defined by the seed and
step. Identity_insert allows you to insert into an identity column, but the
system will do a check of the newly inserted and reset the seed if the new
value is larger than the current seed.
Bol has this thoroughly documented under 'set identity_insert'.
"FLX" <nospam@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I have an Identity field in a table with many records. Since the database
is
> corrupt, I recreated the table and loaded the original data back into the
> new table.
> I want to make sure the Identity field keep incrementing its value from
the
> max value instead of starting from 1 again.
> Here is what I did:
> Before I loading the data, I set the IDENTITY_INSERT ON and set it off
when
> the data was loaded. However, the new records' identity field value still
> start
> from the 1. :-(
> I don't want to change the identity seed (it must be "1"). Is there any
> other way I can achieve the goal?
> Thanks a lot,
> LX
>