Re: Auto increment Key

["Sue Romano" <slromano@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Does the RESTART_IDENTITY procedure solve your problem?

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_ibm_i_72/rzajq/rzajqprocrestartidentity.htm


> date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 12:40:27 -0300
> from: Raul A Jager W <raul@xxxxxxxxxx>
> subject: Auto increment Key
>
> I have several files (tables) that have a field defined as auto 
increment.
> When I make a copy the new file works fine, but if I add records to the
> original and pass them to the new file using "CPYF  *UPDADD" both files
> become identical, but if I insert a new row in the copy, it uses the
> auto-increment from the time I created the file.
> "Alter table" fixes the problem, but I wish there is a "more automatic"
> way to synchronize the restart for the auto-increment field in the new 
file.
> Any experience? Ideas?
>
> TIA
> Ra?l
>
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Sue Romano
IBM i SQL Development