Comments on: SQL SERVER – Enable Identity Insert – Import Expert Wizard

By: Cindy

Cindy — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:41:06 +0000

I really like the way you explain things. It really helps a lot.

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[...] Enable Identity Insert – Import Expert Wizard Enabling the property “Enable Identity Insert” by checking the checkbox allows the values to be inserted in the identity field. This way, the exact identity values are moved from source database to the destination table. [...]

By: NewDBA

NewDBA — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:57:08 +0000

Pinal my man

Same issue as Nikunj, I have hundreds of table and can do an import, but it would take me days to set each identity individually!

How can we do it for all tables??

Your help would be appreciated. Loving your work.

By: JLW

JLW — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:29:03 +0000

I am having the same problem as German above. I check Enable identity Insert and run the import, then check the imported table and the Identity is set to no.

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By: velmurugan

velmurugan — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 08:31:03 +0000

Hi pinal,
I need to update a existing sq table column from an excel file using sql import wizard.pls reply me to

By: Nikunj Nandaniya

Nikunj Nandaniya — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 10:01:21 +0000

Hii Pinal,
consider that i have more than 500 tables then what to do?any way to do for all in one time.

By: Shobhit Agarwal

Shobhit Agarwal — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 05:56:25 +0000

Hi,

I have one query. Though it is not much technical but i want to this. I want this check box you are talking about (Enable Identity) to be checked by default. Is there any way to make this by default. Actually i do have identity in all of my tables. Every time i do transfer data, i have to check this. Is there any help?

Regards,

By: SteveW

SteveW — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 14:48:29 +0000

NB: I’m using SQL 2k5

By: SteveW

SteveW — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 14:46:49 +0000

Is there a way to insert rows into an existing table (with an identity field) and generate the next unique number for the identity table. i.e. last unique key in destination table = 501, data to import needs to continue 502, 503, etc.

Is using a cursor the best way to achieve this?

By: Jarnail

Jarnail — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 07:49:15 +0000

It is not working……… I have 600 mb file and it is stuck on “54 remaining”..

SO?

By: German

German — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 19:56:47 +0000

I am copying tables using the SQl Server 2008 import and export wizard. In the “select source tables and views” window I change the mapping. I tried both checking and unchecking the box “Enable identity insert” but in both cases columns that had the “Identity specification” = Yes in the source db are copied to the target db with the “Identity specification” = No.
Any idea?

By: farid

farid — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 02:33:09 +0000

thanks,
i have done this (batch copy table) with error at the end of it, but forgot what i could do to solve it, and found your blog, it really helps thanks!

By: Deepanshu Gupta

Deepanshu Gupta — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 13:41:25 +0000

Thanks . it was a great help.

By: remil chalat

remil chalat — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 08:45:28 +0000

Thanks. This is a useful piece of information

By: Fabian

Fabian — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 08:04:14 +0000

Thanks, it worked.

By: rockey

rockey — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 12:13:25 +0000

Pinal can you include more business intelligence stuff in you blog. hope you will cover the next new orleans microsoft bi sessions in your blog.