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Asked: 2026-06-18T10:24:19+00:00

I’m curious about the error I just got after inserting this data, like so:

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I’m curious about the error I just got after inserting this data, like so:

insert into bi_sessions 
values (295377778,  '04dzzzf7-e66c-4e6d-9c42-465a16546e34', 1,  43223810,   48, 1043,   'BELGIUM BEER Survey (QA)', 54, 'Synovate Panel',   -1  , 2.5,  6,  3,  2.5 , 2.5,  '2010-04-01 00:00:00.000',  '2010-04-01 00:00:30.000',  -1  ,3, 1,  '000708c8507696c06f777',    '68.200.93.212',    20, '04dea8f7-e66c-4e6d-9c42-465a16546777'  , -1,   NULL,   55743   ,9  , 'Untargeted', 3,  2,  2016,   'General',  1966,   '2010-04-01 00:00:22.000',  1966,   '2010-04-01 00:00:32.000',  1,  9,  'English - United States',  'Federated Sample', 1)

The error message reads:

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

It’s confusing – what is an identity column ?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Your table has an identity column, meaning that you have a column that automatically increment its value when a row is inserted. Since this is, well, automatic, you can’t explicitely insert a value into that column unless you use SET IDENTITY_INSERT ON. So, in your case, you shoul do:

    INSERT INTO bi_sessions(<list of all non-identity column>)
VALUES (<your values>)
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