Thanks for the response Steve.

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lol, funny one @jeff Moden

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Ran my test in 2008 R2:

Are you sure that's right?  In the page the answer links to, I see this:

As others have pointed out, this documentation also contradicts your answer:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/in-memory-oltp/implementing-identity-in-a-memory-optimized-table?view=sql-server-2017

Thank you

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I find it interesting that Microsoft docs say Column Sets start with SQL Server 2016, yet the ColumnProperty function works for IsColumnSet even back in SQL 2008 R2.