Identity field is usually used as a primary key. when you insert a new record into your table, this field automatically assign an incremented value from the previous entry. ex: create table customer ( ...

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.

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Transact-SQL reference for the SET IDENTITY_INSERT statement. When set to ON, this permits inserting explicit values into the identity column of a table. WilliamDAssafMSFT ...

The primary key column is often set to auto-increment when constructing a SQL Server database. To achieve this, the IDENTITY property is enabled on the primary key column. The starting value and ...

Merge replication adds triggers to tables that are published. Therefore, @@IDENTITY can return the value from the insert into a replication system table instead of the insert into a user table. The ...

How to Reset an Identity Seed in Microsoft SQL. 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.

Identity field is typically used as a primary key in database. when a new record is inserted into a table, this field automatically assigns an incremented value to this column.however, inserting our ...