Setting Identity to on or off in SQL server

Question

I want to set Is Identity property of a column to off and after inserting an explicit value setting it to on again.I\'ve written this query :

SET IDENTITY_INSERT         


        

Answer 1

You actually want to use SET IDENTITY_INSERT Tbl_Cartoons ON before attempting to insert explicit values.

You're saying that "I am going to be responsible for inserting values into the IDENTITY column".

SET IDENTITY_INSERT Tbl_Cartoons OFF says "I'll let the system take responsibility for inserting values into the IDENTITY column".