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Is column Identity or not?
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Microsoft SQL Server
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Other
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SQL Server:
SQL Server 2008
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Thread ID:
01549483
Message ID:
01549484
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>Hi,
>
>What would be the TSQL syntax to check if a column is set to be an Indenity column (Is Identity = Yes)? And if No, how to do set the column in Identity Yes in code?
>
>TIA

Sys.columns has IsIdentity bit column, e.g.

if exists (SELECT name, is_identity
FROM sys.columns
WHERE [object_id] = object_id('items')
and is_identity = 1)

print 'Table Items has identity column'

(If you know the column name, just check it using a similar script).

If you want to make the column to be identity, you need to re-create the table (e.g. if you don't want to preserve current values, you can do
select identity (int,1,1) as NewIdentityColumn, col1, col2, ... 
into myNewTable
from myTable
If it's not broken, fix it until it is.


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