Question

CREATE TABLE masterTbl (
id INT IDENTITY(1,1) CONSTRAINT pk_id PRIMARY KEY,
name VARCHAR(100))

INSERT INTO masterTbl VALUES ('ABC', 'XYZ','PQR')

Now

Select * FROM masterTbl

Result:

id  | name
---------------------
1 |  ABC
2 |  XYZ
3 |  PQR

DELETE FROM masterTbl WHERE id=1

Now

Select * FROM masterTbl

Result:

id |  name
---------------------
2 |  XYZ
3 |  PQR

Now I want to run:

INSERT INTO masterTbl (id, name) VALUES (1, 'MNO')

How is this possible?

Answer 1

In it’s simplest form, you need to temporarily allow the insertion of identity values

SET IDENTITY_INSERT masterTbl ON
INSERT INTO masterTbl (id, name) VALUES (1, 'MNO')
SET IDENTITY_INSERT masterTbl OFF