Cannot insert explicit value for identity column in table 'bill' when IDENTITY_INSERT is set to OFF.

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How to solve this error, i am developing billing s/w here i am using identity for bill number. But error is came how to solve this error Any one guide me.

Cannot insert explicit value for identity column in table 'bill' when IDENTITY_INSERT is set to OFF.

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SET IDENTITY_INSERT bill ON insert into bill(staffid,cstid,cstname,schemes,counum,recnum,date,slno,proname,price,qty,protax,dis,amt)values(@staffid,@cstid,@cstname,@schemes,@counum,@recnum,@date,@slno,@proname,@price,@qty,@protax,@dis,@amt)SET IDENTITY_INSERT bill OFF

What I have tried:

Cannot insert explicit value for identity column in table 'bill' when IDENTITY_INSERT is set to OFF.

Posted 1-Aug-16 5:19am

Boopalslm

Updated 1-Aug-16 7:35am

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José Amílcar Casimiro 1-Aug-16 11:38am

What is the bill table schema? dbo?

Richard Deeming 1-Aug-16 12:57pm

If you need to use SET IDENTITY_INSERT for anything other than occasional maintenance tasks, then your table design is wrong.

Either change your table so that the column is not an identity column; or change your query so that you're not trying to insert a value into that column.

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RickZeeland · Answer 1 · 2016-08-01T07:35:00

Solution 1

You could try:

SQL

ALTER TABLE YourTableName NOCHECK CONSTRAINT YourConstraint

See: SQL SERVER - How to Disable and Enable All Constraint for Table and Database - Journey to SQL Authority with Pinal Dave[^]

Posted 1-Aug-16 7:35am

RickZeeland