Explanation of the Error Message
The error message – “Cannot insert explicit value for identity column in table ‘table’ when IDENTITY_INSERT is set to OFF in SQL Server” appears while inserting the row in the table having identity column. So, when the user tries to insert the value of the identity column and IDENITY_INSERT is set to OFF then SQL Server says I am the one handling the identity column value, user can not interfere in this. So it throws the error.
How to fix Cannot Insert Explicit Value For Identity Column in Table in SQL Server
While working on the SQL Server databases, we need to perform various operations like insert, update, and delete data from the update which are famously known as OLTP operations. In the Insert operation, we developers sometimes face the error message saying – ‘Cannot insert explicit value for identity column in table ‘table’ when IDENTITY_INSERT is set to OFF in SQL Server’ and in this article, we will understand the error message, what is IDENTITY_INSERT and how to reproduce the error and then solve the error.
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