Can I have two Identity columns?

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SQL-Server-2005

Can I have two Identity columns? If not, please solve below problem.

I have two columns I need to auto-increment. One(ID) starts at 1, the other(username) at 1000 in sql server 2005

Posted 14-Apr-10 20:46pm

sharmarun

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WoutL · Answer 1 · 2010-04-14T20:54:00

Solution 1

I don't believe you can have two Identiy columns. But you can make the username a computed column, or fill it automaticly in a trigger.

Posted 14-Apr-10 20:54pm

WoutL

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Solution 2

You can only have one identity column per table. You can simulate an auto-increment column by using a trigger.

Posted 14-Apr-10 20:57pm

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