I have inserted records into a SQL Server database table. The table had a primary key defined and the auto increment identity seed is set to “Yes”. This is done primarily because in SQL …

Jul 12, 2012 · SELECT @OrderId = SCOPE_IDENTITY() -- // step 2: order drops INSERT INTO [staging.telafuel.response].OrderFuel_OrderDrops (OrderId ,OrderTypeId ,DriverGUID …

Setting the Identity Insert value and the subsequent Insert DML commands are to be run by the same session. Here @Beginner was setting Identity Insert ON separately and then running the …

A view in SQL Server is just a "stored query" - it doesn't have any physical representation in the database. Therefore, you cannot add an identity column to a view

INSERT INTO table (name) VALUES('bob'); Now I want to get the id back in the same step. How is this done? We're using Microsoft SQL Server 2008.

7 This answer is a small addition to the highest voted answer and works for SQL Server. The question requested an auto increment primary key, the current answer does add the primary …

I want to find out whether the table has an identity column or not. Table is unknown to me. I have not done the structure of the table. Using Query? I am using Sql Server Compact Edition.

The identity() function is not used to get an identity, it's used to create an identity in a select...into query. The session is the database connection. The scope is the current query or the current …

Oct 3, 2013 · You can not update identity column. SQL Server does not allow to update the identity column unlike what you can do with other columns with an update statement. Although …

If it is an identity column and you are inserting multiple rows and want to return all the newly inserted Identity values, or it is not an identity column but you need the last inserted value then …