Can We Get Max Of A Identity Column When Table Empty In Entity Framework c#

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i want to show user Id of current Transaction in a small Sale System that i need to get max of My Identity Id During My program now i want to know that i can get it when table is empty ???? for example: Id seed is 1000 marshal.tbl_Transaction.max(l=>l.Id)+1; is it work true when my table is empty at first of program?????????? thanks

Posted 4-Sep-12 18:32pm

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**AmitGajjar** · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-04T19:00:00

Hi,

This is really incorrect approach. You should not use Max value of ID column for Next Identity value.

Problem with your approach : At the same time two User open the same page to add New value. And both of them will assign with same ID value. Data will be inconsistent.

Correct approach : When user open this form, you need to add one entry in the database. You need to add one more column with IsValidData field. It should be false until user click the save button. You need IsValidData field because user may come to that form and close without saving. In this scenario you have one invalid entry in database. You need to clear such entry from the database with particular time interval. Although this process become more complicated but if you need Identity value to be display, You need to go for such complex process.

Let's see if other CP Experts come with more feasible solution.

Thanks
-Amit Gajjar