do not cross post...the Active topics function allows everyone to see new posts, regardless of forum. there is no need to ask the same question in multiple places.

answered here:

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/forums/shwmessage.aspx?forumid=8&messageid=349780

the correct answer is to not remove the identity at all...NEVER update sys tables directly...

the identity column sis there for conveneince, and you can still insert by setting an additional...

that error is usually when you try and stick 10 characters into a field that is smaller than 10 for example...check the TEST server's DDL for the table...i would bet...

you might want to consider writing a program to do the work(open file, manipulate, save file) instead of in TSQL; most languages are more robust in their ability to edit files...

i have this procedure that i use; sorry i don't know the source of where i got it: this lists all servers on the network, you'd then need to query...

thanks Jeff I should have thought of that...he never said "procedure" so i assumed he was talking about ad hoc queries.

yes... if you select @@version, you would most likely see this:

Microsoft SQL Server  2000 - 8.00.2039 (Intel X86)

 May  3 2005 23:18:38

 Copyright (c) 1988-2003 Microsoft Corporation

 Enterprise Edition on...

I might be mis-understanding the question, but...

if you are re-using the same view name, and recreating it with different SELECT statements, then you should be able to use the command...

similar issues here that Steve reported;

we started using strongly typed data sets, and found issues when the underlying structure changed...if we added a column to a table, for example, the...

there's a difference between the Parse Query Function and the Execute Query;

Parse Query (the check mark button) validates the query for syntax violations...it does not actually check if the objects...

because your WHERE statements affect different records, you can't merge them together into the SAME SQL

there is no guarantee that the data found would be the same rows, and would...

I'm sure Aaron is right...it calls the extended stored procedure, which in turn queries the registry for the specific values in question...that way, for example, a service pack or Hot...

here's an example: you need to decide what to do with columns that have multiple or no commas, but here you go:

create table QUADTEST(namefield varchar(60) )

insert into QUADTEST(namefield) VALUES('Noblesville,Fishers')

insert into...

if you can, redesign your data storage... you should use a date time filed to store the date and the time together. if you need them separate, you can always...

you would want to deploy the SQL Native Client drivers with your application. you would not need anything else.

here's what MS says: basically they give a reditributable sqlncli.msi file, and...