Thanks, that's a handy SQL command—I'll keep it in mind for times that I don't need to be careful to preserve the data.


>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.
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>-Eric
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>>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.
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>>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