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How to rollback the identity seed after deadlock

Now that's an approximate sequence of operations Im performing: SET IDENTITY_INSERT <table-name> ON; INSERT SOMETHING to <table-name> with explicitly specifyed id DECLARE @oldID bigint ...
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Identity proceeds as normal, but with a leading 10…?

So I noticed a very strange thing when tinkering with my database. I had just inserted a row which was ID 47, then after inserting some more, I realised that somehow my Identity had skipped all the ...
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How is SQL Server host identity ensured?

When I connect to some e-commerce website with my browser I use HTTPS that uses a certificate that (more or less) guarantees that example.com is indeed example.com. Now I connect to a SQL Server ...
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Merge Replication identity field issues

One of our clients is using our software with merge replication of a database on a SQL Server 2008 R2 machine. There are two production environments in separate geographical locations only one of ...
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MDW performance_counter_instances table running out of identity values

My MDW database's performance_counter_instances table has run out of identity values. Has anyone ever encountered this? Is it safe to change the data type of the identity field ...
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When to use identity increment?

Many times I face these three choices to work with IDs: Using an auto-increment identity column? Suggesting a new codification to use (eg, for students: first 4 position is the year when the student ...
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Inserting rows into other table whilst preserving IDENTITY

I'm performing ETL logic on a SQL Server table. I'm going to be synchronizing data from one table to another. For all of the records that need to be added to the target table based on the source ...
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Is there a SQL Server equivalent to “OVERRIDING USER VALUE”

While googling I found about the OVERRIDING USER VALUE parameter for an INSERT for IBM's iSeries. Is there an equivalent command for Microsoft SQL Server versions 2005 or newer to allow you to ...
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IDENTITY_INSERT seems stuck

I might be forgetting something, but essentially, I'm struggling with IDENTITY_INSERT. I'm trying to move data between tables, both of which have an identity column (similar schema). SET ...
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How To Restore A Replicated Database

I am replicating our live database using transaction replication. This is basically to have a backup copy of our database in the case of server failure. The replicated database is read only, so I ...
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Dropping then adding a table to a subscription with Identity option Not for Replication causes errors

We have a Transactional Replication environment that was initialised from a backup that replicates the data for several hundred tables. When a table is altered, say a new column added, I have created ...
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What is the rationale for requiring a column list when inserting into a table with identity column?

When inserting into a table with an identity column from some similar staging table, we have to set IDENTITY_INSERT to ON and specify a column list. Why do we have to specify a column list in this ...
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Why is SSMS inserting new rows at the top of a table not the bottom?

Whenever I manually insert a row into a table in SQL Server Management Studio 2008 (the database is SQL Server 2005) my new row appears at the TOP of the list rather than the bottom. I'm using ...
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Guarantee SQL Server Identity Columns that two consecutive values differ by constant increments?

I posed a question about Denali sequences here and another question about emulation of identity columns in Oracle Global Tables here. I always thought that I could trust that identity values ...