Question

Hi i am trying to insert 10000 records in to a table, by using this command.

CREATE TABLE mytable(
    id            INTEGER      PRIMARY KEY,
    TEXT          INTEGER       NOT NULL,
    OLDID         iNTEGER       NOT NULL,
    Firstname      VARCHAR(50)  NOT NULL,
    Middlename    VARCHAR(50)   NULL,
    last_name     VARCHAR(75)   NOT NULL,
    EMAIL         VARCHAR(225)  NOT NULL,
    STATUS        BOOL          NOT NULL
);

DECLARE @i int
declare @rows_to_insert int
SET @i = 6
set @rows_to_insert = 10000

WHILE @i < @rows_to_insert
    BEGIN
        INSERT INTO mytable VALUES (@i, @i,@i,'john'+@i,null,'Test','john'+@i+'@someone.com','Active');
        set @i = @i+1
    END

But i am getting this Error.

Msg 8101, Level 16, State 1, Line 8
An explicit value for the identity column in table ‘mytable’ can only be specified when a column list is used and IDENTITY_INSERT is ON.

Answer 1

The table has an identity column. You need to explicitly state the rest of the columns in the insert statement. I might assume that your first column is the identity. Then it would look something like:

BEGIN
    INSERT INTO mytable(<col2>, <col3>, <col4>, <col5>, <col6>, <col7>)
        VALUES (@i,@i,'john'+@i,null,'Test','john'+@i+'@someone.com','Active');
    set @i = @i+1
END

Of course, where is you would have your column names. It is always a good idea to list the column names, by the way.