Why is SQL server throwing this error: Cannot insert the value NULL into column 'id'?

Question

I\'m using the following query:

INSERT INTO role (name, created) VALUES (\'Content Coordinator\', GETDATE()), (\'Content Viewer\', GETDATE())

Answer 1

@curt is correct, but I've noticed that sometimes even this fails with NULL disallowed errors, and it seems to be intermittent. I avoided the error at all times, by also setting the Indenty Seed to 1 and IDENTITY(1, 1) NOT FOR REPLICATION.