How can I reseed an identity column in a T-SQL table variable?

If you’re using a table variable, you can’t do it. If it were a table, you could truncate it or use DBCC CHECKIDENT. But, if you have to use a table variable, you have to use something other than an identity column. Or, more accurately, use the identity column in your table variable but output using ROWNUMBER:

DECLARE @t table (pkint int IDENTITY(1,1), somevalue nvarchar(50))
INSERT INTO @t (somevalue) VALUES( 'one')
INSERT INTO @t (somevalue) VALUES('twp')
INSERT INTO @t (somevalue) VALUES('three')
SELECT row_number() OVER (ORDER BY pkint), somevalue FROM @t
DELETE FROM @t
INSERT INTO @t (somevalue) VALUES('four')
SELECT row_number() OVER (ORDER BY pkint), somevalue FROM @t

It’s the best you can do with the table variable.

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