SQL Server DBCC CHECKIDENT: Check and Reseed Identity
A logging table grew to forty million rows, the bulk of it was archived out, and now only the last week's data remains — but the next insert still gets identity value 40,000,001, leaving a vast gap below it. Or a botched data load left the seed sitting far above the real maximum, and future inserts skip millions of …
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SQL Server DBCC CHECKIDENT: Complete Guide to Identity Column Management and Bulk Table Analysis Purpose and Overview The DBCC CHECKIDENT command is a critical database administration tool in Microsoft SQL Server designed to manage and monitor identity column values. This article explores a practical implementation …
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