Scary SQL Server 2005 & 2008 bug
Watch out when using @@IDENTITY and SCOPE_IDENTITY() in your applications. Below is a quote from a Microsoft SQL Server engineer.
whenever a parallel query plan is generated
@@IDENTITYandSCOPE_IDENTITY()are not being updated consistently and can’t be relied upon.
You can find more about the bug and workarounds at the SQL Server bug report.
UPDATE 28MAR2009: Pinal Dave has a more detailed blog post about the bug with workaround.
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