How can I set auto increament format to 0001 ? in ms sql server 2005

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How can I set auto increament format to 0001 ?? in ms sql server 2005

Posted 27-Jun-12 12:12pm

syed armaan hussain

Updated 27-Jun-12 12:35pm

lewax00

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lewax00 27-Jun-12 18:36pm

Please don't post in all caps, on the internet that is considered shouting, and won't help you get any answers.

syed armaan hussain 28-Jun-12 11:50am

oops m sorry ! i apologise

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Abhinav S · Answer 1 · 2012-06-27T17:33:00

Solution 2

You could insert a trigger on the table. This trigger could contain logic to generate custom primary keys for you.
This kind of key cannot, however, be generated directly by setting auto-increment to true.

Posted 27-Jun-12 17:33pm

Abhinav S

ythisbug · Answer 2 · 2012-06-27T19:59:00

Solution 3

hi try this

SQL

CREATE TABLE tablename(
  id int(5) unsigned zerofill NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  PRIMARY KEY (id)
);

it will add
0001
0002....etc

hope it works
accept answer if it works..

Posted 27-Jun-12 19:59pm

ythisbug

Updated 27-Jun-12 20:00pm

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barneyman · Answer 3 · 2012-06-27T14:38:00

Solution 1

you can't - the auto increment is an integer

and, you really don't want to ... make it the responsibility of the SP or client code to format the number the way you want

That only allows your 9999 rows in your DB before your id's start to wrap though

Posted 27-Jun-12 14:38pm

barneyman