Question

I was trying to copy a row from one database to another database on different server, here is the query:

set identity_insert ms_tpl on

INSERT ms_tpl select * from [10.24.0.2].[MILKP].[dbo].[ms_tpl] where [id] = 3076

set identity_insert ms_tpl off

when I pressed F5, I got error message like this:

Msg 8101, Level 16, State 1, Line 3

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

Is there a mistake in my query? How to solve this problem?

more info: on database ms_tpl, there is one column called id with auto increment.

thanks

Answer 1

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

don’t use *. List your columns:

INSERT into ms_tpl (col1, col2, ...) select col1, col2, ... from ...