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How to reset count for identity field?
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ASP.NET
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Databases
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00819923
Message ID:
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The simplest way to reset your identity fields is to use the 'truncate table tablename' command on the sql server. This will remove all records and reset the identity.

-Eric

>I'm having trouble figuring out how to reset an identity field's sequential count in a table, after I manually delete one or more records.
>
>As it is, when I delete the last record in a table, the next record I add adopts the next higher number, as though I hadn't deleted it at all.
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>I tried changing the seed, but that didn't help, so I set it back to 1.
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>TIA,
>Jeff
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