INVAID - SELECT firstname, identity(int,1,@ID) INTO newtable FROM oldt 1

[spangeman]

Is there a way of doing this?
The @ID in the identity column is invalid at the moment

DECLARE @ID AS INT
SET @ID = (SELECT MAX(@ID) FROM IDENTS)
SELECT firstname, identity(int,1,@ID) INTO newtable FROM oldtable

 

[vongrunt]

Two problems:

- Identity() "column" in SELECT INTO must have a name.
- variables are not allowed - even @ID + identity(int, 1, 1) won't work

SELECT INTO works only if target table doesn't exist, so you can try this:

DECLARE @ID AS INT
SET @ID = (SELECT MAX(@ID) FROM IDENTS)
SELECT firstname, identity(int, 1, 1) [b]AS some_name[/b] INTO newtable FROM oldtable
[b]UPDATE newtable SET some_name = some_name + @ID[/b]

 

[spangeman]

Works great thanks!

Simple really, populate your table then add the same amount (your current max @ID value) to all IDs.

Just goes to show how thinking outside the problems domain helps, I was too concerned with getting the result within the identity(int, 1, 1) statement.

Thanks again.

 

[donutman]

Spangeman, it won't be long before you realize that vongrunt not only thinks outside the box, he thinks outside of the outside of the box.
BTW, thanks for the kind words about my crosstab FAQ.
-Karl

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