Change Identity value

I changed a column on an existing table to be a Identity column but when I
try to insert a record I get an error that the id already exists. Is there a
way for me to change the value so identity returns a higher #?Are you passing the identity value?
AMB
"Joe" wrote:

> I changed a column on an existing table to be a Identity column but when I
> try to insert a record I get an error that the id already exists. Is there
a
> way for me to change the value so identity returns a higher #?
>
>|||You could use identity_insert to insert a row with the highest value
and then turn it off. Any inserts after that will increment sequentially.
ie.
create table test ( id int identity (1,1), col varchar(10) )
insert into test (col) values ('row1')
insert into test (col) values ('row2')
insert into test (col) values ('row3')
set identity_insert test on
insert into test (id, col) values (10,'row4')
set identity_insert test off
insert into test (col) values ('row5')
select * from test
"Joe" <J_no_spam@._no_spam_Fishinbrain.com> wrote in message
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> I changed a column on an existing table to be a Identity column but when I
> try to insert a record I get an error that the id already exists. Is there
a
> way for me to change the value so identity returns a higher #?
>|||Joe,
Look at the DBCC CHECKIDENT command in the Books Online. If your table
containing the identity column was called jobs,
DBCC CHECKIDENT (jobs, RESEED, 30)
would force the new value to 30.
On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 14:59:57 -0500, "Joe"
<J_no_spam@._no_spam_Fishinbrain.com> wrote:

>I changed a column on an existing table to be a Identity column but when I
>try to insert a record I get an error that the id already exists. Is there
a
>way for me to change the value so identity returns a higher #?
>