Comments on: SQL Server 2008 – Get the next Identity Value https://varindersandhu.in/2012/06/01/sql-server-2008-get-the-next-identity-value/ Keep it Simple and Smart Tue, 05 Nov 2013 15:59:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: Varinder Sandhu https://varindersandhu.in/2012/06/01/sql-server-2008-get-the-next-identity-value/#comment-186 Tue, 05 Nov 2013 15:59:00 +0000 http://www.varindersandhu.in/?p=2400#comment-186 In reply to Wilf.

Hi Wilf,

Let me clear, the purpose of this post to give the brief intro about IDENT_CURRENT and IDENT_INCR functions with example. I have not mentioned anywhere to use these functions ( IDENT_CURRENT and IDENT_INCR) for inserting the new identity value.

You can refer my other post to insert the value to identity column : http://varindersandhu.in/2011/02/01/add-the-value-into-an-identity-column-in-sql-server/

]]> By: Wilf https://varindersandhu.in/2012/06/01/sql-server-2008-get-the-next-identity-value/#comment-185 Sat, 02 Nov 2013 11:36:00 +0000 http://www.varindersandhu.in/?p=2400#comment-185 That is not a save way. If you get the value and you don’t use it immediately after getting it, another user of the same database may have used it already before you ! The only way to RESERVE the value seems to be an INSERT, getting the Current identity, then DELETE the new record; the id will then be “reserved”. Then use identity_insert on to insert your new record using the given ID.

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