I would like to turn OFF the IDENTITY_INSERT
to insert data with GORM without specify any ID.
I try this :
func main() {
db, err := gorm.Open("mssql", "...")
//...
db.DropTable(&User{})
db.CreateTable(&User{})
db.Exec("SET IDENTITY_INSERT users OFF;") <-- this doesn't work
for _, user := range users {
db.Create(&user)
}
}
type User struct {
ID uint
UserName string
FirstName string
LastName string
}
var users []User = []User{
User{UserName: "testUserName", FirstName: "testFirstName", LastName: "TestLastName"},
User{UserName: "testUserName", FirstName: "testFirstName", LastName: "TestLastName"},
User{UserName: "testUserName", FirstName: "testFirstName", LastName: "TestLastName"},
}
EDIT :
The data is not create in database, I have the following error (sorry in french) :
(mssql: Une valeur explicite doit être spécifiée dans la colonne d'identité de la table 'users' quand IDENTITY_INSERT est défini à ON, ou qu'un utilisateur de la réplication effectue une insertion dans une colonne d'identité NOT FOR REPLICATION.)
in en :
Cannot insert explicit value for identity column in table 'users' when IDENTITY_INSERT is set to OFF."
The program work if I add the ID value like :
User{ID: 1, UserName: "testUserName", FirstName: "testFirstName", LastName: "TestLastName"}
Someone have any idea ?
If you really need to do this, and there are rare cases for this you have to enable this functionality ( to set the value for identity column ) like so
Set Identity_Insert dbo.users On
Insert Into users (YOURIDENTITYCOLUMN, NAME)
Values(1, 'your value')
Set Identity_Insert dbo.users Off
If your not trying to set the value of the identity column, then remove the statement SET Identity_Insert dbo.users Off portion from your query.