>>>>I have bulk records that are getting imported into a SQL Server 2005 table. I need to be able to maintain the same order that they were imported. I was using a DateTime field and populating it to GETDATE(), but that wasn't precise enough.
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>>>>Any advice out there?
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>>>In SQL Server 2005 there is no date types with high precision. There are several in SQL Server 2008 (DateTime2).
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>>Any other ideas? I received a recommendation elsewhere to rely on the autoincrementing identity column, but I've always believed that to be bad practice.
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>Why bad practice?
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>I use identity columns for almost (like 98%) every SQL table I design. Works great and takes the guesswork out.

I think I didn't read the original question in details. I agree, using identity column to maintain the order seems like a simple thing.