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                                    | learntsql
 
 
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                                            |  Posted - 2014-10-20 : 05:30:23 
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                                            | Hi All,I have a query here.Why it behaves different for IDENTITY property in DELETE and TRUNCATE.i.e. when we delete it continues to insert from the last inserted value but for TRUNCATE it re initiate to the seed.can some one please explain why this is the behaviour.TIA |  |  
                                    | gbrittonMaster Smack Fu Yak Hacker
 
 
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                                          |  Posted - 2014-10-20 : 08:59:06 
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                                          | That's the way it works in SQL SERVER.  See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms177570.aspx |  
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