TechRepublic

Inserting specific values into an identity column with SQL

Arthur Fuller explores the value of identity columns and the usefulness of their arbitrary values and discusses ways to use SQL Server 2000's IDENTITY_INSERT setting. Despite your numerous ...
GitHub

sp_identity_rebirth: Regenerate IDENTITY column values in SQL Server and Azure SQL!

Arithmetic overflow error converting IDENTITY to data type int. This error occurs when attempting to insert a value that exceeds the data type limit of an IDENTITY ...
Ars Technica

Views With Identity Fields in SQL Server

I've got this view defined on two tables, one of which has an identity field that auto increments. There seems to be no way to insert into this view. If I leave the auto-increment field blank it barks ...
Ars Technica

SQL Server Identity Crisis

[projectNumber] [int] IDENTITY (2000, 1) NOT NULL , [projectYear] [char] (2) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NOT NULL , [description] [varchar] (255) COLLATE SQL ...
Redmond Magazine

Dealing with Negative Session ID Denials in SQL Server

Microsoft SQL Server MVP Denny Cherry breaks down multiple ways on how to troubleshoot a type -2 blocking session ID error. When we look at sessions being blocked in ...