Due to certain maintenance activities on my client’s end, I recently encountered a requirement to copy one critical table to another in our SQL Server database. As we all know, this is a common task in database management, and several approaches exist depending on the specific needs and constraints. I will discuss all possible approaches … Read more
Truncating a table in SQL Server is a rapid and efficient way to remove all the data from a table without deleting the table structure. So, first of all, you should be very careful before trying to execute the TRUNCATE command. Here’s a real-time approach to achieve this. To truncate a table in SQL Server … Read more
Recently, while trying to insert explicit values into an existing table, I got this error: “An explicit value for the identity column in table can only be specified when a column list is used.” You can see the same error in the screenshot below. Cause Of the Error This error occurs because IDENTITY_INSERT is set … Read more