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Efficiently Reuse Gaps in an Identity Column
This article will demonstrate an efficient way to reuse gaps in an identity column. Please note that this is something you normally shouldn't be bothered about in a well-designed database or application. However, there are circumstances where you are forced to do this.
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Retrieving Identities on set-based inserts
Learn a foolproof way to get identity values for multi-row inserts with the OUTPUT clause in SQL Server 2005 without using a cursor.
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Transaction Log Truncation
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