Change IDENTITY_INSERT to ON in SQL server How can I insert an ID into an identity column in SQL Server? I'll make a special item into my table and I will quickly detect that item by the ID. So because all other ID's are bigger or equal to one, I will give that special item the ID zero.

The problem is now, when I've created that table I've place the identity of the column ID on true. If I insert now the special item with code below, I've got next error:

INSERT INTO MyTable(ID, Name, Description) 
VALUES (0, 'Special title', 'special item');


Error:


  Cannot insert explicit value for identity column in table MyTable when IDENTITY_INSERT is set to OFF.


How can I change this table, column or property so I can create a record with ID zero?
Explicit identity insert require IDENTITY_INSERT property set to ON.

SET IDENTITY_INSERT MyTable ON  -- Statement Allows explicit values to be inserted into 
                                -- the identity column of a table.
GO

INSERT INTO MyTable(ID, Name, Description) 
VALUES (0, 'Special title', 'special item');
GO

SET IDENTITY_INSERT MyTable OFF  -- Statement revert granted permission
GO