In SQL Server (in my case, 2005) how can I add the identity property to an existing table coulumn using t-sql?
something like:
alter table tblFoo alter column bar identity(1,1)
Solution
I don’t beleive you can do that. Your best bet is to create a new identity column and copy the data over using an identity insert command (if you indeed want to keep the old values).
Here is a decent article describing the process in detail:
http://www.mssqltips.com/tip.asp?tip=1397
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