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Making existing primary key Identity
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Microsoft SQL Server
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SQL Server:
SQL Server 2005
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Thread ID:
01536304
Message ID:
01536307
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>>Hi,
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>>Say I have a table with some records. The primary key column (N (6,0) has unique values (of course). Then I make this column to be Identity column. Do I understand correctly that SQL Server will set the next row value of this column by incrementing the last/greatest existing value?
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>>TIA.
>
>No. You need to correctly specify seed value.

I actually tried to add a row (from my VFP application) and the value assigned was correct (that is it was next in sequence of the existing ones). What am I missing?
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