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Greetings,

If I use a "select into" to clone a table, all attributes are created
correctly, however, if I use the same statement across a linked server,
my identity column loses its IDENTITY specification.

Is this a known issue or basic functionality of using "select into"
with linked servers?

Kurt

Nov 28 '05 #1
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(kh******@qwest .net) writes:
If I use a "select into" to clone a table, all attributes are created
correctly, however, if I use the same statement across a linked server,
my identity column loses its IDENTITY specification.

Is this a known issue or basic functionality of using "select into"
with linked servers?


I don't know if it's documented, but it makes sense. With a linked table,
SQL Server has knowledge about metadata in a more generic format. That
linked server could be something radically different from SQL Server,
for instance Oracle.
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Nov 28 '05 #2

"Erland Sommarskog" <es****@sommars kog.se> wrote in message
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(kh******@qwest .net) writes:
If I use a "select into" to clone a table, all attributes are created
correctly, however, if I use the same statement across a linked server,
my identity column loses its IDENTITY specification.

Is this a known issue or basic functionality of using "select into"
with linked servers?
I don't know if it's documented, but it makes sense. With a linked table,
SQL Server has knowledge about metadata in a more generic format. That
linked server could be something radically different from SQL Server,
for instance Oracle.


And serves as a good example of why Celko is continually ranting (I want to
say warning but let's call a spade a spade) about the dangers of using an
IDENTITY column.


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Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, es****@sommarsk og.se

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Books Online for SQL Server 2000 at
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodinf...ons/books.mspx

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