DBCC CHECKIDENT Sets Identity to 0

Question

I\'m using this code to reset the identity on a table:

DBCC CHECKIDENT(\'TableName\', RESEED, 0)

This works fine most of the time, with the f

Answer 1

I have used this in SQL to set IDENTITY to a particular value:-

DECLARE @ID int = 42;
DECLARE @TABLENAME  varchar(50) = 'tablename'

DECLARE @SQL nvarchar(1000) = 'IF EXISTS (SELECT * FROM sys.identity_columns WHERE OBJECT_NAME(OBJECT_ID) = '''+@TABLENAME+''' AND last_value IS NOT NULL)
    BEGIN
        DBCC CHECKIDENT('+@TABLENAME+', RESEED,' + CONVERT(VARCHAR(10),@ID-1)+');
    END
    ELSE
    BEGIN
        DBCC CHECKIDENT('+@TABLENAME+', RESEED,' + CONVERT(VARCHAR(10),@ID)+');
    END';
EXEC (@SQL);

And this in C# to set a particular value:-

SetIdentity(context, "tablename", 42);
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private static void SetIdentity(DbContext context, string table,int id)
{
    string str = "IF EXISTS (SELECT * FROM sys.identity_columns WHERE OBJECT_NAME(OBJECT_ID) = '" + table
        + "' AND last_value IS NOT NULL)\nBEGIN\n";
    str += "DBCC CHECKIDENT('" + table + "', RESEED," + (id - 1).ToString() + ");\n";
    str += "END\nELSE\nBEGIN\n";
    str += "DBCC CHECKIDENT('" + table + "', RESEED," + (id).ToString() + ");\n";
    str += "END\n";
    context.Database.ExecuteSqlCommand(str);
}

This builds on the above answers and always makes sure the next value is 42 (in this case).