Posted by Greg D. Moore \(Strider\) on 11/29/05 04:13

"Erland Sommarskog" <esquel@sommarskog.se> wrote in message
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> (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.
>

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.


>
> --
> Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@sommarskog.se
>
> Books Online for SQL Server 2005 at
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sql/2005/downloads/books.mspx
> Books Online for SQL Server 2000 at
> http://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodinfo/previousversions/books.mspx

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