Inserting value in the single column table where the only column is a identity column

Hi,
Following is my table definition:
create table test1 (col1 int primary key identity(1,1))
Now here, the only column col1 in the table is an identity column. Now I want to add explicit values to this column
without SET Identity_Insert test1 On.
How?

You have a fundamental misconception. IDENTITY is not a column; it is a table property and it is totally non-relational. This is a left-over from UNIX file systems, which were built on magnetic tape files. It is a sequential data
model which counts the insertion attempts to get a physical record number. By definition IDENTITY cannot be a valid key; it is not a valid data type (all data types in SQL are NULL-able); keys are a subset of columns in a table.
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Inserted value too large for column Error

I have this table:
CREATE TABLE SMt_Session
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     UserID int NOT NULL ,
     IPAddress varchar2 (15) NOT NULL ,
     Created timestamp NOT NULL ,
     Accessed timestamp NOT NULL ,
     SessionInfo nclob NULL
and this insert from a sp (sp name is SMsp_SessionCreate):
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     SessionUID := SYS_GUID();
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     INSERT INTO SMt_Session
               ( SessionUID ,
               UserID ,
               IPAddress ,
               Created ,
               Accessed )
     VALUES           ( SMsp_SessionCreate.SessionUID ,
               SMsp_SessionCreate.UserID ,
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               SMsp_SessionCreate.Now ,
               SMsp_SessionCreate.Now );
It looks like the param SessionUID is the one with trouble, but the length of sys_guid() is 32, and my column has 36.
IPAddress is passed to the sp with value '192.168.11.11', so it should fit.
UserID is 1.
I am confused, what is the column with problem ?

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     PartitionID IN      INT ,
     UserID IN      INT ,
     IPAddress IN      VARCHAR2 ,
     SessionID IN OUT      INT,
     SessionUID IN OUT      CHAR,
     UserName IN OUT      VARCHAR2,
     UserFirst IN OUT      VARCHAR2,
     UserLast IN OUT      VARCHAR2,
     SupplierID IN OUT      INT,
     PartitionName IN OUT      VARCHAR2,
     Expiration IN      INT ,
     RCT1 OUT      GLOBALPKG.RCT1
AS
     Now DATE;
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     /*create the session in the session table*/
     INSERT INTO SMt_Session
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               UserID ,
               IPAddress ,
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               Accessed )
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               SMsp_SessionCreate.IPAddress ,
               SMsp_SessionCreate.Now ,
               SMsp_SessionCreate.Now );
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     SELECT u.AccountName INTO SMsp_SessionCreate.UserName FROM SMt_Users u WHERE u.UserID = SMsp_SessionCreate.UserID;
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     WHERE     UserID = SMsp_SessionCreate.UserID;
END;
this is the exact code of the sp. The table definition is this:
CREATE TABLE SMt_Session
SessionID int NOT NULL ,
SessionUID char (36) NOT NULL ,
UserID int NOT NULL ,
IPAddress varchar2 (15) NOT NULL ,
Created timestamp NOT NULL ,
Accessed timestamp NOT NULL ,
SessionInfo nclob NULL
The sp gets executed with this params:
PARTITIONID := -2;
USERID := 1;
IPADDRESS := '192.168.11.11';
SESSIONID := -1;
SESSIONUID := NULL;
USERNAME := '';
USERFIRST := '';
USERLAST := '';
SUPPLIERID := -1;
PARTITIONNAME := '';
EXPIRATION := 300;
if I ran the code inside the procedure in sql+ (not the procedure), it works. when i call the sp i get the error
inserted value too large for column
at line 48

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Inserted value too large for column

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I have a table (desc below), with only one trigger wich fill the operatcreat, operatmodif, datecreat and datemodif column at insert and update for each row. When I try to insert, I got the following messages :
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My trigger is not the problem, I tried to delete it and fill the columns manually and got the same error.
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by allanplumb ():
The SQL you have shown us looks OK
(to me, au moins). However, perhaps the
error is in the trigger which fills in
the two operativ fields. It would execute
at the same time as your insert, near
enough.
-- Allan Plumb<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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DESCRIBE <tablename> .
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String Literal does not match type
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WE8ISO8859P1
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ORA-01401:     inserted value too large for column
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<avenger_name>Black Widow</avenger_name>
<avenger_name>Thor</avenger_name>
<avenger_name>Captain America</avenger_name>
<avenger_name>Hawkeye</avenger_name>
<avenger_name>Winter Soldier</avenger_name>
<avenger_name>Iron Patriot</avenger_name>
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Hi Scott,
The master database records all the system-level information for a SQL Server system, so best practise would be not to create any user-defined
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Open SQL Server Management Studio
--> Go to Object explorer(the left panel by default layout)
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SELECT OBJECT_ID('master.dbo.Marvel') --if non empty result returns, the object exists
--usually the OBJECT_ID is used if a if statement as below
IF OBJECT_ID('master.dbo.Marvel') IS NOT NULL
PRINT ('TABLE EXISTS') --Or some other logic
What is the sys.all_objects? See
here.
If you have any question, feel free to let me know.
Eric Zhang
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