Sometimes, as when testing a table in a Microsoft SQL Server database, you need to reset an identity column to its initial seed value, typically one. During testing, you populate the table with ...

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.

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 ...

Update the table using the identity to get the correct record, updating the displayNumber field.<BR><BR>Long winded, but maybe it will help.