You are trying to insert into a column that is declared as identity.
Database automatically generates a unique number for identity columns,
so just leave out ID column in your INSERT statement, like:
insert into sample (DESCRIPTION, QUANTITY) values ('blah', 1.1);
That should fix it...
Satheesh
Trevor Squires wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've been googling all morning and can't find info to solve this
> problem (using derby of course), I hope someone here can help...
>
> As I write my application I have a script which blats and recreates my
> database and then populates the tables with test data.
>
> However, many of my tables have identity columns and it's causing the
> following error when I insert the data:
>
> 11:06:26 [INSERT - 0 row(s), 0.016 secs] [Error Code: 30000, SQL
> State: 42Z23] Attempt to modify an identity column 'ID'.
>
> Here's my table:
>
> create table sample (
> id int not null generated always as identity,
> description varchar(128) not null,
> quantity double not null,
> constraint product_pk primary key (id)
> );
>
> Here's my insert statement
>
> insert into sample (ID, DESCRIPTION, QUANTITY) values (1, 'blah', 1.1);
>
> I've tried to create the table without "generated always as identity"
> and then altering the table after the insert(s).
>
> Unfortunately I can't get the syntax right and I can't figure out if
> there's a way to turn off identity generation temporarily.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions like pointer to the right way to do
> this or a relatively painless workaround?
>
> Thanks for listening,
> Trevor
>
>
>
