SQL

Creating SQL Table from another table

Often we need to take quick backup of database with data before we can make changes in table. for this I create the image of table within same database, as it is the fastest method. It is one of the reason why one need to create image a table.. or copy one table from another. [...]

Setting/Resetting Auto increment value in MSSQL 2005

Once you create a table and what to reset autoincrement value of a table to your desire number, you need to set some system table values, which are not available for direct editing. To perform this you need to do following: SELECT OBJECT_ID,OBJECT_NAME(OBJECT_ID) AS TABLENAME, NAME AS COLUMNNAME, SEED_VALUE, INCREMENT_VALUE, LAST_VALUE, IS_NOT_FOR_REPLICATION FROM SYS.IDENTITY_COLUMNS ORDER [...]