Thursday, March 8, 2012

Alter identity -field?

Hello.
I have a table with int identity field (X INT IDENTITY(1,1)).
I want update SEED value to 4000.
I cannot drop column because I have a foreign key to it from other table.
How I can do this (update/alter identity's SEED value to column)?
dbcc checkident
"Major" <lievonen@.jyu.fi.HALOOOOOOOO> wrote in message
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> Hello.
> I have a table with int identity field (X INT IDENTITY(1,1)).
> I want update SEED value to 4000.
> I cannot drop column because I have a foreign key to it from other table.
> How I can do this (update/alter identity's SEED value to column)?
>
|||Hi,
Execute the below command, replace the dbname and table name with actual
USE DBNAME
GO
DBCC CHECKIDENT (tablename, RESEED, 4000)
Thanks
Hari
SQL Server MVP
"Major" <lievonen@.jyu.fi.HALOOOOOOOO> wrote in message
news:OsdhknwxEHA.2540@.TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Hello.
> I have a table with int identity field (X INT IDENTITY(1,1)).
> I want update SEED value to 4000.
> I cannot drop column because I have a foreign key to it from other table.
> How I can do this (update/alter identity's SEED value to column)?
>

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