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  • June 2, 2013 at 8:48 am

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    kiran.vaichalkar (6/1/2013)

    Thanks Folks!!

    2nd question is now addressed

    an you also let me know what special we need to do to get the below executed correctly

    SET IDENTITY_INSERT USERS.ID ON

    Where USERS(ID INT PRIMARY KEY, Name nvarchar(20))

    I tried but it throws error saying, 'Either the object 'USERS' does not exist or you do not have permissions'

    Please Help..

    You don't set identity insert on the column, just the table.

    SET IDENTITY_INSERT USERS ON

    Then when you are done you need to set it back off.

    SET IDENTITY_INSERT USERS OFF

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