>>Hi,
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>>Is there a way in SQL 7/2K to "set" the @@identity value of an EXISTING table/identity field with lots of data already in it to a specific value that the next inserted record will use? I want to "stop" the current identity counter and have it restart with certain numbers.
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>You can use DBCC CHECKIDENT with RESEED parameter. See BOL for details.

thanks - that does the trick!