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set identity off
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http://www.indianayouthsoccer.org/demonews.asp
i have a database with many relationships and i need to change the id of an article who had identity set. when i create an update in sql it tellls me that icannot do it because is identity. i trtied to set identity off but it gives me a message that other related tables will update....i just want to take identy for one second make an id change and then put it back in place as identity.
is this going to mess my table relationships??? i have so many people using this and i cant affor a big mess up.
need advice
http://www.indianayouthsoccer.org/demonews.asp
i have a database with many relationships and i need to change the id of an article who had identity set. when i create an update in sql it tellls me that icannot do it because is identity. i trtied to set identity off but it gives me a message that other related tables will update....i just want to take identy for one second make an id change and then put it back in place as identity.
is this going to mess my table relationships??? i have so many people using this and i cant affor a big mess up.
need advice
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if u r doing in EM,
remove the foreign key relationship
perform ur update
reapply the relationship.
remove the foreign key relationship
perform ur update
reapply the relationship.
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