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SQL Server SEQUENCE Basics

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The SEQUENCE statement introduced in SQL Server 2012 brings the ANSI SQL 2003 standard method of generating IDs. This is a great relief to database professionals as it solves some problems what are awkward to solve with the IDENTITY property. Joe Celko explains the basics of using a SEQUENCE.

2014-02-19

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Encoding NULL

What is returned from this code in SQL Server 2025? 

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