How to put SET IDENTITY_INSERT dbo.myTable ON statement

Question

What I need to do is have a SET IDENTITY_INSERT dbo.myTable ON statement, what\'s the syntax of using the above statement in a c# app?

Answer 1

Well, if it's part of a SqlCommand instance, you just add it to the text:

using(SqlConnection myConnection = new SqlConnection(connString))
{
    SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand();
    cmd.CommandText = "SET IDENTITY_INSERT dbo.MyTable ON";
    cmd.CommandText += //set the rest of your command here.
}

I question the necessity of this, however. If you're inserting an identity into a table with enough frequency that you're using code, I would recommend a stored procedure to do your insert. You'd then call it basically the same way:

using(SqlConnection myConnectino = new SqlConnection(connString))
{
    SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand();
    cmd.CommandText = "usp_insert_record_into_my_table [ParamList]";
    cmd.CommandType = SqlCommandType.StoredProcedure;
}