IDENTITY_INSERT is set to OFF - How to turn it ON?

Question

I have a deleted file archive database that stores the ID of the file that was deleted, I want the admin to be able to restore the file (as well as the same ID for linking

Answer 1

The Reference: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa259221%28v=sql.80%29.aspx

My table is named Genre with the 3 columns of Id, Name and SortOrder

The code that I used is as:

SET IDENTITY_INSERT Genre ON

INSERT INTO Genre(Id, Name, SortOrder)VALUES (12,'Moody Blues', 20)