rowversion

SQL Server rowversion column question

If a table has a rowversion column in it and you make an update to that row, the value of the rowversion column increases. I know that this is by design and the purpose of rowversion columns, however is there any way to make it such that an update operation will have no effect on rowversion value? Edit: Tracking of updates on all co...

How do I get the entity framework to stop setting the rowversion field?

Im using the Entity Framework and I have a rowversion (timestamp) field on a table to use for concurrency. However, when updating the entity object, it keeps trying to set the rowversion column to null, and I get an error: The 'VerCol' property on 'LmpDemoRequest' could not be set to a 'null' value. You must set this property to a non-...

Row versioning for MySql

Hi, Is there a built-in row-versioning mechanism for MySQL? Something similar to the 'timestamp' column in MS SqlServer. ...

Is there an alternative to Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.SqlDataType that includes a value for RowVersion?

The Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.SqlDataType enum has a value for the timestamp type but not rowversion. I'm looking for an updated version of the assembly or an alternate enum type that supports it. The existing enum has a value for Timestamp, but according to the rowversion documentation, timestamp is "deprecated and will be rem...

SQL Server: Clustering by timestamp; pros/cons

I have a table in SQL Server, where i want inserts to be added to the end of the table (as opposed to a clustering key that would cause them to be inserted in the middle). This means I want the table clustered by some column that will constantly increase. This could be achieved by clustering on a datetime column: CREATE TABLE Things ( ...

Is there a possible race condition in this UPDATE statement?

I'm writing a synchronizer software which will take all changes in one DB and synchronize them to another DB. To this end I've added in my table T two columns: alter table T add LastUpdate rowversion, LastSync binary(8) not null default 0 Now I can easily select all rows that have changed since the last synchronization: select * from...