Video:
Why You Use SCOPE_IDENTITY() Instead of @@IDENTITY
Skill
level:
300 (Intermediate)- Run Time:
12:17
- Instructor:
Scott Whigham
Description:
If your queries and stored procedures use @@IDENTITY (perhaps you have legacy code updated from SQL Server 7.0 or earlier), you'll likely get good value from watching this video on replacing @@IDENTITY calls with the T-SQL function SCOPE_IDENTITY(). This video shows very plainly the negative possiblities of using @@IDENTITY today (triggers are a real problem) and, after you watch this tutorial, you'll never want to use @@IDENTITY again!
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Scott Whigham
Scott Whigham is the founder of LearnItFirst.com, one of the web's most extensive
video training libraries focusing on technical training. Scott is also an experienced
consultant, trainer, and author with more than a decade of hands-on experience working
with SQL Server databases, writing and debugging applications using Visual Studio,
and performance tuning. Scott designed the architecture (websites, class libraries,
and database) for the LearnItFirst.com websites and, most
re...
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NOTE: This video is part of our
SQL Server 2000 Database Administration course.
This video is from Chapter
8:
TSQL Programming: Stored Procedures, Variables, Functions and Triggers
