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Asked: 2026-05-31T02:44:22+00:00

I am trying to make a backup for my data from my first table

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I am trying to make a backup for my data from my first table DocumentManagement.tbDocumentsHistory and save it on DocumentManagement.tbDocuments

and because the DocumentManagement.tbDocuments have ID IDENTITY_INSERT column this error will raised

An explicit value for the identity column in table ‘DocumentManagement.tbDocuments’ can only be specified when a column list is used and IDENTITY_INSERT is ON.

when i used this code 

DELETE FROM DocumentManagement.tbDocumentsHistory
OUTPUT DELETED.* INTO DocumentManagement.tbDocuments 
FROM    DocumentManagement.tbDocumentsHistory
WHERE   DocumentID=@DocumentID

I tried to turn off the IDENTITY_INSERT on DocumentManagement.tbDocuments using this code 

SET IDENTITY_INSERT DocumentManagement.tbDocuments ON 
        DELETE FROM DocumentManagement.tbDocumentsHistory
            OUTPUT DELETED.* INTO DocumentManagement.tbDocuments 
            FROM    DocumentManagement.tbDocumentsHistory
        WHERE   DocumentID=@DocumentID
        SET IDENTITY_INSERT DocumentManagement.tbDocuments OFF

and I am still facing the same error!

my tables desc :

CREATE TABLE [DocumentManagement].[tbDocuments](
[DocumentID] [bigint] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
[DocumentNameEn] [nvarchar](max) NULL,
[DocumentNameAr] [nvarchar](max) NULL,
[DocumentDescriptionEn] [nvarchar](max) NULL,
[DocumentDescriptionAr] [nvarchar](max) NULL,
[CreatedOn] [datetime2](7) NULL,
[ModifiedOn] [datetime2](7) NULL,
[AddedBy] [bigint] NULL,
[modifaiedBy] [bigint] NULL,
[PhysicalName] [nvarchar](max) NULL,
[Extension] [nvarchar](15) NULL,
[DocumentTypeID] [bigint] NULL,
[PhysicalPath] [nvarchar](max) NULL,


CONSTRAINT [PK_tbDocuments] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED([DocumentID] ASC)WITH (PAD_INDEX  = OFF, STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE  = OFF, IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF, ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS  = ON, ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS  = ON) ON [PRIMARY]

) ON [PRIMARY]

CREATE TABLE [DocumentManagement].[tbDocumentsHistory](
[DocumentID] [bigint] NOT NULL,
[DocumentNameEn] [nvarchar](max) NULL,
[DocumentNameAr] [nvarchar](max) NULL,
[DocumentDescriptionEn] [nvarchar](max) NULL,
[DocumentDescriptionAr] [nvarchar](max) NULL,
[CreatedOn] [datetime2](7) NULL,
[ModifiedOn] [datetime2](7) NULL,
[AddedBy] [bigint] NULL,
[modifaiedBy] [bigint] NULL,
[PhysicalName] [nvarchar](max) NULL,
[Extension] [nvarchar](15) NULL,
[DocumentTypeID] [bigint] NULL,
[PhysicalPath] [nvarchar](max) NULL, CONSTRAINT [PK_tbDocumentsHistory] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED([DocumentID] ASC)WITH (PAD_INDEX  = OFF, STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE  = OFF, IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF, ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS  = ON, ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS  = ON) ON [PRIMARY]) ON [PRIMARY]
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  1. Editorial Team

    this will solve the problem but I was trying to make it better using the OUTPUT

    SET IDENTITY_INSERT DocumentManagement.tbDocuments ON
        INSERT INTO DocumentManagement.tbDocuments
                ( DocumentID, DocumentNameEn , DocumentNameAr , DocumentDescriptionEn ,
                  DocumentDescriptionAr , CreatedOn , ModifiedOn ,
                  AddedBy , modifaiedBy , PhysicalName ,Extension ,
                  DocumentTypeID ,PhysicalPath
                )   
        SELECT * FROM  DocumentManagement.tbDocumentsHistory
        SET IDENTITY_INSERT DocumentManagement.tbDocuments OFF

        DELETE FROM DocumentManagement.tbDocumentsHistory           
        FROM    DocumentManagement.tbDocumentsHistory
        WHERE   DocumentID=@DocumentID
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