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The Identity Debate
Using the Identity Property might be one of the more debated features of SQL Server.
The Identity Debate
Using the Identity Property might be one of the more debated features of SQL Server.
The Identity Debate
Using the Identity Property might be one of the more debated features of SQL Server.
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Question of the Day
An Unusual Identity
What values are returned when I run this code?
CREATE TABLE dbo.IdentityTest2
(
id NUMERIC(10,0) IDENTITY(10,10) PRIMARY KEY,
somevalue VARCHAR(20)
)
GO
INSERT dbo.IdentityTest2
(
somevalue
)
VALUES
( 'Steve')
, ('Bill')
GO
SELECT top 10
id
FROM dbo.IdentityTest2 See possible answers