john.arnott (10/22/2012)
Try predicting the result of the final SELECT in this script:
CREATE TABLE IdentTest
( --Ident INT NOT NULL IDENTITY (1,1)
varfield varchar(100)
)
INSERT INTO IdentTest VALUES ('xyz')
INSERT INTO IdentTest VALUES ('123')
Select * from IdentTest
ALTER TABLE IdentTest
Add Ident INT IDENTITY (1,1)
INSERT INTO IdentTest VALUES ('abc')
SELECT Ident FROM IdentTest
where varfield = 'abc'
Make this more fun, make varfield a primary key.