what is identity column in TD?

Answer Posted / yuvaevergreen

Identity columns are system generated values. Generally
these columns are used for unique values. Some restrictions are
1. Only 1 column can be specified as identity column.
2. PPIs, Join indexes, hash indexes cannot have identity
columns as indexes.
3."Default" and "Always with cycle" option in identity
columns may result in duplicates.

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