[SOLVED] Set IDENTITY_INSERT ON is not working

Set IDENTITY_INSERT ON is not working

I want to copy a table Equipment from one database MyDBQA to our test database MyDB. There is an identity column in the table which is the primary key (int, not null).

But I got an error:

Msg 8101, Level 16, State 1, Line 2
An explicit value for the identity column in table 'MyDB.dbo.Equipment' can only be specified when a column list is used and IDENTITY_INSERT is ON.

My script:

SET IDENTITY_INSERT [MyDB].[dbo].[Equipment] ON
INSERT INTO [MyDB].[dbo].[Equipment]  SELECT * FROM [MyDBQA].[dbo].[Equipment]
SET IDENTITY_INSERT [MyDB].[dbo].[Equipment] OFF

Solution

You might be just missing the column list, as the message says

SET IDENTITY_INSERT [MyDB].[dbo].[Equipment] ON

INSERT INTO [MyDB].[dbo].[Equipment]
            (COL1,
             COL2)
SELECT COL1,
       COL2
FROM   [MyDBQA].[dbo].[Equipment]

SET IDENTITY_INSERT [MyDB].[dbo].[Equipment] OFF