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Answer / p.s jayagopal
Identity(or Auto Number) is a column which automatically
generates numeric values.It will be mainly used for a column
which is set as primary key and which doesn't allow null value.
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Answer / magu
Identity (or AutoNumber) is a column that automatically
generates numeric values. A start and increment value can
be set, but most DBA leave these at 1. A GUID column also
generates numbers; the value of this cannot be controlled.
Identity/GUID columns do not need to be indexed.
Syntax :
IDENTITY ( seed, increment )
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