Posted by Erland Sommarskog on 11/29/05 00:48

(kharless@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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