Insert into a row at specific position into SQL server table with PK

Question

I want to insert a row into a SQL server table at a specific position. For example my table has 100 rows and I want to insert a new row at position 9. But the ID column whic

Answer 1

Usually you do not want to use primary keys this way. A better approach would be to create another column called 'position' or similar where you can keep track of your own ordering system.

To perform the shifting you could run a query like this:

UPDATE table SET id = id + 1 WHERE id >= 9

This do not work if your column uses auto_increment functionality.