|  | Posted by Weyus on 06/27/07 21:02 
On Jun 27, 3:38 pm, Weyus <w...@att.net> wrote:> On Jun 27, 2:57 pm, Roy Harvey <roy_har...@snet.net> wrote:
 >
 >
 >
 > > On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:40:12 -0000, Weyus <w...@att.net> wrote:
 > > >It looks like if I do a
 >
 > > >SELECT blah FROM TABLE WITH (TABLOCK XLOCK)
 >
 > > >at the very beginning of my transaction, that would do the trick
 > > >right?
 >
 > > >Wes
 >
 > > If you plan on locking the entire table during the load, why not just
 > > let the IDENTITY value be assigned normally?  It seems like you are
 > > creating a load of extra work for yourself.
 >
 > > Roy Harvey
 > > Beacon Falls, CT
 >
 > Because I have two tables, A and B, both of which I need to bulk load.
 > B has a foreign key to A.  A has constraints on it.  B has no
 > constraints.
 > So I have two files, one for loading A and one for loading B.
 >
 > If I bulk load A and some of the constraints kick out records, such
 > that not all of the records load, then when I load B, I will not have
 > a way to know how to set the foreign key in B correctly.
 >
 > If I was just loading one table, your point would be totally valid.
 >
 > Thanks,
 > Wes
 
 This is no longer an issue.  Thanks for the help.
 
 Wes
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